Health inequalities

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1. Don’t let strategic commissioning make inequality worse (HSJ, 1 June 2026)

   • Commisioning
   • Health inequalities

   By Patient Safety Learning, Wednesday at 07:00

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   • 42 views
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   • Wednesday at 07:00

2. Are emergency C-sections more likely among certain ethnic groups? (12 September 2025)

   • Health inequalities
   • Ethnicity
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Ethnicity
     • Maternity
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • UK

   By Clare Hinkley, Monday at 11:19

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   • 149 views
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   • Monday at 11:19

3. Commentary: Patients treated by female physicians had better mortality rates (17 May 2024)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Bias
     • Research
     • USA
     • Doctor

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 March

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   • 1,397 views
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   • 25 March

4. NHS Race & Health Observatory: Have independent maternity service investigations taken an anti-racism or intersectional approach? (6 March 2026)

   • Maternity
   • Investigation
   • (and 7 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Maternity
     • Investigation
     • Race
     • Discrimination
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Leadership
     • Organisational culture
     • Ethnicity

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 March

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   • 537 views
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   • 6 March

5. Towards the equal recognition of autism in girls and women (BMJ, 4 February 2026)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Diagnosis
     • Autism
     • Womens health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 February

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   • 1,266 views
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   • 5 February

6. Inequitably harmed: a scoping review protocol on patient safety and diverse population groups (24 December 2025)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Data
     • Research

   By Mark Hughes, 9 January

   • 0 comments
   • 312 views
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   • 9 January

7. A human rights approach to preventing racial discrimination in health care (13 August 2025)

   • Discrimination
   • Race
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Discrimination
     • Race
     • Health inequalities
     • Standards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 September, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 448 views
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   • 5 September, 2025

8. NHS Race & Health Observatory: Health Action Resource Platform

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Race
     • Ethnicity
     • Data
     • Healthcare
     • Organisational Performance

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 August, 2025

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   • 320 views
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   • 21 August, 2025

9. NHS must tackle racism and sexism for the benefit of patients, staff, and society (BMJ, 1 July 2025)

   • Health inequalities
   • Race
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Race
     • Discrimination
     • Womens health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 August, 2025

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   • 281 views
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   • 6 August, 2025

10. Contribution of ethnicity and deprivation to paediatric critical care outcomes in the UK, 2008–21: a national retrospective cohort study (10 July 2025)

    • Health inequalities
    • Paediatrics
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Paediatrics
      • Children and Young People
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Admission
      • Race
      • Ethnicity

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 July, 2025

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    • 572 views
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    • 11 July, 2025

11. Improving healthcare services for people with ME and Long Covid: Patients share their challenges, and the actions needed

    • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
      • Health inequalities
      • Care navigation
      • Accessibility
      • Appointment
      • Communication
      • GP
      • Discrimination

    By Sam, 24 June, 2025

    • 2 comments
    • 4,021 views
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    • Comment by Sam
    • 24 June, 2025

12. Improvement framework: community language translation and interpreting services (NHS England, 27 May 2025)

    • Health inequalities
    • Health Disparities
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Communication
      • Communication problems
      • Patient engagement
      • Health literacy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 June, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,820 views
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    • 16 June, 2025

13. HQIP: Listening to marginalised voices in maternity, helping to reduce health inequalities (22 May 2025)

    • Health inequalities
    • Maternity
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Maternity
      • Case report

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 June, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 333 views
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    • 11 June, 2025

14. Tackling bias in healthcare (29 April 2025)

    • Bias
    • Healthcare
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Bias
      • Healthcare
      • Health inequalities
      • Research
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 May, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 420 views
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    • 17 May, 2025

15. WHO: World report on social determinants of health equity (6 May 2025)

    • Global health
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Global health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Social determinants of health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 May, 2025

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    • 3,487 views
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    • 6 May, 2025

16. Patient safety implications of the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex: A blog from Laura Evans

    • Health inequalities
    • Legal issue
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Legal issue
      • Discrimination
      • LGBTQI

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 May, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 2,161 views
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    • 2 May, 2025

17. How dismantling DEI efforts could make clinical trials less representative (11 April 2025)

    • Research
    • Inclusivity
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Research
      • Inclusivity
      • Diversity
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • USA
      • Clinical trial

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 April, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 428 views
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    • 25 April, 2025

18. Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth? (20 February 2025)

    • Maternity
    • Pregnancy
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Maternity
      • Pregnancy
      • Race
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Patient death

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 April, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 627 views
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    • 2 April, 2025

19. Addressing health inequalities through engagement with people and communities: A self-assessment and improvement framework for integrated care systems (February 2025)

    • Health inequalities
    • Health Disparities
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Integrated Care System (ICS)
      • Quality improvement
      • Patient engagement
      • Feedback

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 26 March, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 700 views
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    • 26 March, 2025

20. Top picks: Race and ethnic health inequalities

    • Health inequalities
    • Top picks
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Top picks
      • Race
      • Ethnicity
      • Discrimination
      • Health Disparities
      • Staff safety
      • Maternity

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 March, 2025

    • 1 comment
    • 2,552 views
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    • Comment by Sam
    • 16 April, 2025

21. Embedding cultural safety: National Cultural Safety Training Standards and organisational action for cultural safety (Lowitja Institute, Australia, 2024)

    • Australia
    • Race
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Australia
      • Race
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Discrimination
      • Safety culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 March, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,594 views
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    • 20 March, 2025

22. Access to healthcare and disparities in access (AHRQ, December 2021)

    • USA
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • USA
      • Health inequalities
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Health Disparities
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 March, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,431 views
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    • 18 March, 2025

23. Exploring the barriers that impact access to NHS care for people with ME and Long Covid

    • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
    • Long Covid
    • (and 8 more)

      Tagged with:

      • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
      • Long Covid
      • Accessibility
      • Appointment
      • GP practice
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Bias
      • Physical environment
      • Fatigue / exhaustion

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 January, 2025

    • 2 comments
    • 5,331 views
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    • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
    • 4 February, 2025

24. Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach (23 January 2025)

    • Health inequalities
    • Prescribing
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Prescribing
      • Learning disabilities
      • Ethnicity

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 January, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 364 views
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    • 27 January, 2025

25. Diagnostic inequalities relating to physical healthcare among people with mental health conditions: a systematic review (14 January 2025)

    • Mental health
    • Diagnostic error
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Mental health
      • Diagnostic error
      • Diagnosis
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Systematic review

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 January, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 755 views
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    • 16 January, 2025