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Content ArticleThis report, published by the National Child Mortality Database, is based on data for children who died between April 2019 and March 2020 in England, and finds a clear association between the risk of child death and the level of deprivation (for all categories of death except cancer). More specifically, Child Mortality and Social Deprivation states that over a fifth of all child deaths might be avoided if children living in the most deprived areas had the same mortality risk as those living in the least deprived – which translates to over 700 fewer children dying per year in England. The report’s authors are now calling on policy makers and those involved in planning and commissioning public health services as well as health and social care professionals to use the data in this report to develop, implement and monitor the impact of strategies and initiatives to reduce social deprivation and inequalities.
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What are health inequalities? (The King's Fund)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Health inequalities
Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. There are many kinds of health inequality, and many ways in which the term is used. This means that when we talk about ‘health inequality’, it is useful to be clear on which measure is unequally distributed, and between which people. The King's Fund have created a webpage to help people understand what health inequalities are. -
Content ArticleThis research, published by PLoS ONE, highlights how community-based antenatal care, with a focus on continuity of carer reduced health inequalities and improved maternal and neonatal clinical outcomes for women with social risk factors. The findings support the current policy drive to increase continuity of midwife-led care, whilst adding that community-based care may further improve outcomes for women at increased risk of health inequalities.
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Content ArticleWhile COVID-19 has worsened patient waiting times across the NHS, patients with pelvic disorders have long been an under-served population experiencing unacceptable delays in care. Pelvic floor disorders are varied and can be complex, but treatment is available. However, patients, particularly those requiring surgery, can wait years from presentation before receiving the treatment they need.
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Citizens Online
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Citizens Online promote an inclusive and equal society, reducing the digital divide by helping organisations and communities ensure the switch to online doesn’t exclude people. To implement successful digital transformation, inclusion and accessibility must sit at the heart of any changes. Citizens Online help to ensure that clients, residents and service users are supported to participate in the digital age, leading to increased take-up of your digital services. -
Content ArticleThis policy paper, published by the Department of Health and Social Care, sets out a UK vision to unleash the full potential of clinical research delivery to tackle health inequalities, bolster economic recovery and to improve the lives of people across the UK.
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CDC's Racism and Health website (8 April 2021)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Health inequalities
Rochelle P. Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), has declared racism a serious public health threat. Adding action to words, she highlighted several new efforts CDC is leading to accelerate its work to address racism as a fundamental driver of racial and ethnic health inequities in the United States. The CDC have unveiled a new website “Racism and Health” that will serve as a hub for the agency’s efforts and a catalyst for greater education and dialogue around these critical issues. -
Content ArticleIn this article, published in The Practising Midwife, Rachel Crowe argues that in the UK, pregnant women who are hearing impaired or D/deaf (sign language users) and deaf (who are hard of hearing but who have English as their first language and may lipread and/or use hearing aids) are often labelled as high risk and offered a care pathway that is unsuitable and detrimental to their care. Identifying the gaps in maternity that exist in current guidelines and practice can help midwives to ensure women get appropriate, high-quality woman-centred care. This article provides an overview to the needs of D/deaf birthing people with a number of recommendations and tools for use in clinical practice.
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Content ArticleThe recent UK government report on race disparities is a missed opportunity and will lead to a worsening of systemic inequalities, say Razai, Majeed and Esmail in this BMJ Opinion article.
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Content ArticleHow have health inequalities impacted the course of the pandemic? How do we optimise infection control across newly-opening schools? And finally: how can we overcome the barriers to wider understanding and recognition of Long Covid (Post-Acute Covid-19 Syndrome)? Dr Nisreen Alwan (University of Southampton) joins LivedHealth hosts Lere and Monique for this episode of Covid in the News to share her personal and professional experience on some huge, important questions for the community.
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Content ArticleThis toolkit has been co-produced by the national Maternity Transformation Programme and a selection of service user representatives to help local maternity systems produce their own communications plans and activities. It provides helpful advice and suggestions about how to communicate with women of different backgrounds, about the extra care support that is available to them, as well as signposting to currently available publications, messaging, insights and templates. The aim is to raise awareness amongst pregnant women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds that extra support and help is available to them during this uncertain coronavirus period.
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The theme for this year’s World Health Day (7 April) is building a fairer and healthier world for everyone. Making sure all patients can access and understand healthcare information is absolutely key to this. In this interview, anaesthetist Rachael Grimaldi tells us about CardMedic, the organisation she founded to empower staff and patients to communicate across any barrier. Rachael explains how their tools can be used to support vulnerable groups and reduce inequalities. -
Content ArticleThis report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory, acknowledges the growing evidence suggesting there may be drawbacks when using pulse oximetry on darker skin. Whilst the picture on racial bias in pulse oximetry is still mixed, as a worst-case scenario, the application of this intervention can potentially have negative outcomes for patients with more pigmentation in their skin. To help counter potential health inequalities in this area, the report outlines a number of recommendations for healthcare, regulatory and research bodies.
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Content ArticleThis study, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans.
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Content ArticleWomen with little-to-no English continue to have poor birth outcomes and low service user satisfaction. When language support services are used it enhances the relationship between the midwife and the woman, improves outcomes and ensures safer practice. However, this study has shown a reluctance to use professional interpreter services by midwives. This study from Bridle et al. aims to understand the experiences of midwives using language support services.
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Reducing health inequalities resources
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Health inequalities
NHS England and Public Health England have developed these pages to make it easier for organisations and the public to find information, resources and action being taken to reduce health inequalities in England. Resources include: Key legislation Partners Practice examples Tools Evidence Summary of data and analytical resources. -
Content ArticleAddressing health inequalities and improving patient safety were the two central health themes of the UK’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, writing here on progress achieved on these themes is quick to emphasise the importance of good intelligence and the need for sharing of information across Europe.
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Content ArticleOn International Women’s Day 2021, feminist journalist Sarah Graham presented to the St Mary’s Women’s Network about the gender pain gap and how it harms women's health. The link below will take you to the slides and notes shared at the event.
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Content ArticleThis blog, written by Rageshri Dhairyawan and Darren Chetty for the Cost of Living website, argues that we must reframe conversations on racialised health inequalities. Drawing on COVID-19 as an example, they state: "How we choose to frame conversations about racialised health inequalities is crucial to ensure that historically underserved communities are not further disadvantaged."
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Content ArticleA framework from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) setting out a coherent, national vision on how the UK will improve the lives of those living with rare diseases. The framework outlines 4 key national priorities: helping patients get a final diagnosis faster increasing awareness among healthcare professionals better co-ordination of care improving access to specialist care, treatment and drugs.
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Content ArticleThis book focuses on the consumer’s perspective and emphasises how advocacy can influence change in healthcare quality at multiple social levels. This introductory volume synthesises patient advocacy from a multi-level approach and is an ideal text for graduate and professional students in schools of public health, nursing and social work.
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Content ArticleWith allegations into racial discrimination at the workplace rarely upheld by employers or courts, Roger Kline, Naledi Kline and Joy Warmington give a set of questions for investigators to ensure more robust investigations.
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Content ArticleThe report of the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health chaired by Sir Donald Acheson was published in 1998. The purpose of the inquiry was to inform the development of the government's public health strategy and to contribute to the forthcoming white paper, Our healthier nation. The report made a number of specific recommendations on a range of areas relating to health, environmental and social factors including: introducing health impact assessments for all policies that were likely to have a direct or indirect impact on health and health inequalities. appointing directors of public health in every health authority. placing a partnership duty on the NHS executive and regional government to ensure local partnerships between health and local government.
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USA: What is the healthcare cost of racial health disparities, inequity?
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There is a considerable human and healthcare cost that could have been avoided at the onset of COVID-19 had more been done to ameliorate eventual racial health disparities, amounting to thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars spent, according to analysis from Altarum on behalf of Episcopal Health Foundation. Using figures up until the end of September 2020, the researchers found that had Black and Hispanic people in Texas been hospitalised at the same rate as their White counterparts, the state would have seen 24,000 fewer hospitalisations. That would have amounted to $550 million in healthcare cost savings, the analysis showed. That is not to mention the human costs associated with racial health disparities during the pandemic. Had Black and Hispanic patients had the same COVID-19 mortality rates as White people, the state of Texas would have seen about 5,000 fewer deaths, cutting the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the state by 30%. “These numbers are a glaring reminder of how non-medical factors like economic status and living conditions impact health and how COVID-19 is highlighting that in the worst way,” Elena Marks, president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, said in a statement. “The human and economic costs of health disparities continue to grow during the pandemic and we’re learning why we can’t address them through medicine alone. Something has to change in Texas.” Read full story Source: Patient Engagement HIT, 13 January 2021 -
Content ArticleAs the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic ‘Build Back Better’ has become the mantra. Important, but we need to Build Back Fairer. The levels of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and wellbeing. The aim of this report from the Institute of Health Equity is three-fold: To examine inequalities in COVID-19 mortality. Focus is on inequalities in mortality among members of BAME groups and among certain occupations, alongside continued attention to the socioeconomic gradient in health – the more deprived the area, the worse COVID-19 mortality tends to be. To show the effects that the pandemic, and the societal response to contain the pandemic, have had on social and economic inequalities, their effects on mental and physical health, and their likely effects on health inequalities in the future. To make recommendations on what needs to be done.
