As the NHS looks ahead to the next decade, what truly matters to the people who rely on it every day? This blog shares reflections from the Health Equity Evidence Centre’s Citizen Panel, offering honest, hopeful perspectives on how the NHS can evolve to meet future challenges with compassion, fairness, and transparency.
17.1 million people in England are estimated to be living with a musculoskeletal (MSK) condition. This evidence brief explores what health and care interventions work to improve outcomes for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and what approaches are most effective in addressing the inequalities they face.
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The NHS policy for free primary healthcare has proven insufficient to remove barriers for unwell migrants. This brief presents current available evidence relating to what works to address inequalities for people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees accessing primary care.
This how-to guide aims to provide a practical guide to social needs screening in primary care by: summarising existing knowledge, opportunities and challenges; describing a step-by-step guide to implementation for integrated care boards, primary care networks and practices; and highlighting strategies to support design and implementation.
There are substantial inequalities in the uptake of cervical screening across socioeconomic and ethnic groups. This brief summarises the evidence on what works to address inequalities in cervical screening and provides recommendations for health practitioners and policymakers.
This how-to guide aims to explain the principles of equity-focused quality improvement (EF-QI) and to provide practical guidance for policymakers and practitioners seeking to undertake or commission EF-QI.
Self-referral of patients directly to specialist services may help relieve pressure from GPs; however, concerns have been raised that this may increase inequalities. This brief presents recommendations to mitigate the potential of self-referral to increase inequalities.
This how-to guide intends to support practices and the primary care workforce in caring for refugees and displaced persons. Evidence-based recommendations outline how to provide culturally competent care, improve access, undertake initial health assessments and additional considerations of importance.
In this resource, we explore structural inequalities in primary care at the ICB level in the East of England. We provide data on NHS payments to GP surgeries, payments per weighted patient and patient satisfaction, showing differences across socioeconomic groups.
The factors determining the quality and quantity of primary care services vary across England. Here we analyse practice level data relating to the supply, demand, and need for primary care, according to the socioeconomic status of the patients served.
This interactive toolkit brings together two research studies, EQUALISE and FAIRSTEPS, to describe what equitable primary care looks like and provide practical steps to help local decision makers address inequalities in health and healthcare.
