COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on health inequalities that persist in our society. With that, addressing healthcare inequalities has moved firmly up the priority list of leaders in the NHS, the wider healthcare sector, the community and in business.
In March 2022, the Royal Society of Medicine launched a multi-year ‘Tackling Inequalities' programme. The inaugural Tackling Inequalities conference, in partnership with NHS England focused on Core20PLUS5, an approach designed to support Integrated Care Systems to drive targeted action in healthcare inequalities improvement.
Tackling Health Inequalities in England - A selected chronology up to December 2022
03 October 2022
Late diagnosis of cancer can be a death sentence. What can be done to spread screening more equally across the country?
29 September 2022
The damaging impacts of treating women’s heart health less seriously than men’s were underlined at the end of a day-long ‘State of the Art’ Cardiology training event at the Royal Society of Medicine on Tuesday (27 September 2022).
30 August 2022
Inequalities are the most significant threat to public health in the UK, a top doctor has warned ahead of a major conference at the Royal Society of Medicine.
24 August 2022
Technology has put vast swathes of personal health data at our fingertips. We can monitor our weight, track exercise, measure sleep, count calories, so why don’t we routinely check our blood pressure?
03 August 2022
How we should deal with inequalities in severe mental illness is a uniquely challenging problem, but it is in everybody’s interests that we address this.
28 May 2022
Inequality shortens lives and severely impacts health outcomes, yet the evidence shows the health gap is widening. Doctors and patient advocates maintain that truly transformational change is possible if we begin to treat inequality as the urgent, serious health issue it is.
14 April 2022
The impact of COVID-19 highlighted inequalities in healthcare unlike ever before. Could this mean lasting change for the nation?
Research shows Scottish government’s progress on reducing NHS waiting time inequality is being reversed due to 2010 austerity measures.
Asthma is entering an exciting new era in its diagnosis and management. This webinar will cover the very latest advances in asthma management and will also detail how asthma care may change in the future.
This is an essential conference for anyone involved in diabetic eye screening since it provides insight into past, current and future changes. There will be key updates direct from the National Programme team with an opportunity to question them directly.
There will be expert insight and best shared practice which will enable all attendees to implement changes to their own programme which will benefit patients; particularly those in marginalised and diverse populations.
This conference is hosted in partnership with NHS England.
If you are interested in becoming a partner for this conference or other activities which are part of our ‘Tackling Inequalities’ initiative, please contact events@rsm.ac.uk