Building equitable primary care
This policy brief introduces the Building Equitable Primary Care toolkit and draws out key recommendations for policymakers for achieving equitable primary care.
Right now, in parts of the UK, people are dying earlier than they should. Inequalities in primary care contribute to this; people with poorer access to primary care have poorer health outcomes and lives are cut short. We have decades of research describing these health inequalities, but practicable solutions have remained elusive.
Two independent research studies, EQUALISE – funded by NIHR and led by the University of Cambridge, and FAIRSTEPS – funded by Health Education England and led by the University of Sheffield, have combined their findings in the Building Equitable Primary Care toolkit. This policy brief introduces the toolkit and draws out key recommendations for policymakers to achieve equitable primary care.