Tackling health inequalities

Local resources

• Sources of Strength: Gloucestershire’s 2021 Director of Public Health Report - this report outlines what the Anchor Institutions Approach is and how Gloucestershire intends to adopt this approach to tackle health inequalities.
• Gloucestershire County Council’s 2022-26 strategy - Building Back Better in Gloucestershire – outlines an ambition to ‘level up’ Gloucestershire Communities
• The Levelling Up Together grant scheme is an example of how resources can be targeted to support communities who feel they have been left behind.
• The most recent Director of Public Health’s Annual Report – No person is an island: Social Connections in Gloucestershire (2022) - explores examples of growing social connectedness, to reduce loneliness and reap the health benefits, in Gloucestershire. This new and more interactive format includes short videos and case studies.
• Gloucestershire’s Interim Integrated Care System (ICS) Strategy - this document is designed to guide system partners (including those working in health and care, and the voluntary and community sector, as well as communities and individuals) to work together to achieve the common goals and vision. It sets out where, through working together, the county is making transformational changes in health, care, and wellbeing; and details our ambitions for the future.

National resources

• The Core20PLUS5 approach - Core20PLUS5 is a national NHS England and NHS Improvement approach to support the reduction of health inequalities at both national and at integrated care system level. The approach defines a target population cohort – the ‘Core20’ – and identifies ‘5’ focus clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement.
• This short video from NHS England outlines how the NHS plans to take urgent action on health inequalities in England:
  
• NHS England has also provided a guide to tackling inequalities in healthcare access, experience, and outcomes (a longer read)
• The Kings Fund’s article - equity and endurance: how can we tackle health inequalities this time? – review previous efforts to tackle health inequalities and outlines the principles and approach needed for future efforts (a longer read)
• The UK Government has published its Levelling Up White Paper (2022) to outline how it plans to increase equity of opportunities for those living in the UK (a longer read)
• The Health Foundation’s article - five tests for tackling health disparities – provides a commentary on the Levelling Up White Paper (above) and outlines ways to ensure action on health inequalities is ambitious and impactful
• Building Equitable Primary Care - a practical toolkit this resource is very helpful for those working in primary care (including those working in GP practices and with Integrated Locality Partnerships; ILPs)