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Health Inequalities
Understanding health inequalities
The term “health inequalities” refers to the unequal health opportunities and outcomes experienced by different groups of people within society. The term is often used as a way of identifying between those inequalities that are either avoidable or regarded as unfair in some way.
In a fair and prosperous society, everyone should have the same chance to lead a long and healthy life and enjoy the same opportunities for leisure, health care, education, employment, safe environments and warm affordable housing.
Causes of health inequalities - click here
Marmot Review - click here
The cost of health inequalities - click here
Reducing Health inequalities for all groups is a priority for Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust. The PCT is committed to securing a sustained reduction in health inequalities by improving the health of all but also ensuring the health of the worst off improves faster.
Cheshire East Framework for tackling health inequalities - click here
Living Well in Cheshire East: a call to action
Living Well in Cheshire East: a call to action is intended as a call out to those with leadership responsibility in public, private and in voluntary and social organisations to come together to identify new ways of working, share their experiences, energy and resources and lead the way in supporting communities to find long lasting and meaningful solutions to the challenges which they face.
The purpose of the call to action document is to:
● reinforce the message to partners that tackling entrenched inequalities is everybody’s business
● invite partners to sign up to a Statement of Intent to commit their organisation to look at new ways of working in partnership to tackle the differences in health outcomes which exist within Cheshire East, with an emphasis on the wider or social determinants of health
● set out a clear definition of what we mean by health inequalities
● show examples of the health differences between the best and worst areas within Cheshire East
● promote the Living Well approach as the building blocks for partners to sign up and work to in the future, as outlined in the North West Health & Wellbeing Alliance publication Living Well Across Local Communities: prioritising wellbeing to reduce inequalities.
● set out 10 key challenges for the future and invite responses, as part of a Consultation, on how best to tackle these locally
Download Living Well in Cheshire East: a call to action
Download a draft template of the Living Well in Cheshire East Statement of Intent
Living Well in Cheshire East 10 Key Challenges Consultation
We have outlined 10 Key Challenges for consultation. We want to hear from as broad a range of people and organisations as possible. Responses that are returned will be used to help shape a future Reducing Health Inequalities in Cheshire East Strategy.
You can respond to these challenges by completing the online consultation CLICK HERE or by downloading the Living Well in Cheshire East Key Challenges Consultation Feedback Template form and emailing your completed form to livingwell@cecpct.nhs.uk or posting it to:
Living Well
Public Health
Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust
Universal House
ERF Way, off Pochin Way
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 0QJ
Responses should be received by 14th February 2011
Download the Living Well in Cheshire East Key Challenges Consultation Feedback Template
Living Well in Cheshire East: a call for action to reduce differences in health Conference, 12th November 2010
Friday 12th November 2010 saw delegates from a variety of cross sector partner organisations attend the Living Well in Cheshire East: a call for action to reduce differences in health conference at The Tytherington Club, Macclesfield.
The conference brought together expert national and regional speakers on health inequalities to present on the latest research, policy direction and examples of good practice. Key note speakers included Dr Mike Grady from the Marmot Review Team, Liam Hughes and Trevor Hopkins from the National Healthy Communities Team at Local Government Improvement and Development
This conference was a call to arms to our local partners to reignite work on reducing health inequalities and the beginning of local action to secure sign up to and implementation of the Living Well approach as outlined in the North West Health and Wellbeing Alliance publication Living Well Across Local Communities: prioritising wellbeing to reduce inequalities.
Download the Conference Programme
View the Film of the Conference
View the presentations delivered on the day:
Jude Stansfield, Senior Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health / NHS North West
Presentation Title: Living Well across local communities - prioritising wellbeing to reduce inequalities - View Video - Download Presentation
Dr Mike Grady, Senior Research Fellow, University College London, Marmot Review Team
Presentation Title: Effectively addressing health inequalities - messages from the Marmot Review - View Video - Download Presentation
Trevor Hopkins, Principal Consultant, Healthy Communities Programme, Local Government Improvement and Development
Presentation Title: A glass half full - how an asset approach can improve community health and wellbeing - View Video - Download Presentation
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Liam Hughes, National Advisor, Healthy Communities Programme, Local Government Improvement and Development
Presentation Title: The new landscape for health and the role of local councils - View Video - Download Presentation
Dr Una Macleod, Professor of Primary Care, Hull York Medical School and Chair of the Health Inequalities Standing Group, Royal College of General Practitioners
Presentation Title: Issues for primary care in addressing health inequalities - View Video - Download Presentation
Margaret McLeod, Policy & Network Officer (Health & Social Care), Voluntary Sector North West
Presentation Title: Role of the third sector in improving health and addressing health inequalities - View Video - Download Presentation
Dr Heather Grimbaldeston, Joint Director of Public Health, Central & Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust and Cheshire East Council
Presentation Title: ‘A call for action’ - sign up to Living Well in Cheshire East - View Video - Download Presentation
View post-conference interviews on our YouTube Channel
If you have any queries or questions about Living Well in Cheshire East and/or plans to reduce local health inequalities ring Matthew Cunningham, Assistant Director of Public Health (Acting) on 01606 544382 email matthew.cunningham@cecpct.nhs.uk
TELL US YOUR STORY
Do you have an example of a piece of work or a programme which has helped to reduce health inequalities in your area? Do you wish to share what you have done as an example of good practice? If so, please fill out the Case Study Template form online (CLICK HERE) or download a copy of the form and send to:
Living Well
Public Health
Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust
Universal House
ERF Way, off Pochin Way
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 0QJ
Useful Documents and Information Sources
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