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The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London are delivering sessions for health care professionals on "Reducing Systemic Discrimination". The sessions, delivered in partnership with brap, are currently funded for primary care teams in Croydon and Brent, as well as secondary care teams in south and west London. To support them, the HIN has curated a collection of materials that allows you to delve further into the themes explored in the sessions. These materials can be useful both in preparation for these sessions, and after.
Contents
The King's Fund have two helpful resources on health inequalities:
This provides a brief overview of what health inequalities are.
A page with more information on health inequalities and their impact.
- Results from the National Survey for each NHS Foundation Trust.
- Results from the Cancer Patient Experience Survey for West London Cancer Alliance.
A series of dashboards showing the protected characteristics and other related demographic data for the 12 south London boroughs.
Data relating to Brent including population and health data.
Fingertips is a large public health data collection which includes data on health inequalities .
The new Health Inequalities Improvement Dashboard (HIID) is designed to contain strategic high impact health inequalities indicators across several programmes including: elective waiting list metrics by ethnicity and deprivation; recovery of critical services; and broader recovery measures.
The Midland Race Equality Plan explains how racism can be tackled in health and social care across the region.
The East of England Antiracism Strategy was launched on 1 July 2021. The strategy shows how the region is moving towards a health and social care service for everyone – staff and patients.
A video highlighting why it is important to have a conversation about race in the work place.
Cancer in the UK 2025: Socioeconomic deprivation - Cancer Research UK
Produced by the Evidence & Implementation department, Cancer Research UK, February 2025.
This report highlights the impact socioeconomic deprivation has on cancer inequalities, and highlights that little has changed in progress towards tackling cancer inequalities since the 2020 report.
Ethnic Inequalities in Rapid Evidence Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory
Authored by Dharmi Kapadia, Jingwen Zhang, Sarah Salway, James Nazroo, Andrew Booth, Nazmy Villarroel-Williams, Laia Bécares & Aneez Esmail. Published by the NHS Race & Health Observatory.
This report analyses the overwhelming evidence of ethnic health inequality through the lens of racism, highlights evidence across priority areas, and makes concrete recommendations for change.
The health of people from ethnic minority groups in England - The King's Fund
Authored by Veena Raleigh. Published by The Kings Fund.
This long read examines ethnic differences in health outcomes, highlighting the variation across ethnic groups and health conditions, and considers what’s needed to reduce health inequalities
This report summarises the findings and next steps of an exploration into the factors associated with urgent cancer referrals in NW and SW London primary care.
A matter of life and death: Explaining the wider determinants of health in the UK - The Health Foundation
Authored by Emilie L’Hôte, Maria Castellina , Andrew Volmert, Lindsey Conklin, and Patrick O’Shea. Published by The Health Foundation.
This report from the Health Foundation and Framework outlines an evidence-based framing strategy for shifting understanding and building greater support for action to address the wider determinants of health.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
This essay is excerpted from Working Paper 189. "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account
of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies" (1988), by Peggy McIntosh.
Understanding race, ethnicity and health inequalities – with Heidi Safia Mirza and Shabna Begum.
Intelligence Squared podcast - The Science of Racism with Dr Keon West - available on Spotify or Intelligence Squared
Polls show that over 50% of us don’t believe racism exists. Keon West uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we know it, and what we can do about it.
Joy Warmington MBE on anti-racism, leadership and the courage to speak out.
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo by General Commission on Religion and Race of The UMC in the U.S.
A video exploring race, systemic inequalities, and white privilege. In particular, listen to the first 7 -10 minutes, but the whole video if you can.
RHO International Conference - Dr David Williams Racism and its Health Consequences by NHS Race and Health Observatory
NHS Race and Health Observatory video from their 2022 conference - ‘Health, Race, and Racism’. This session was led by Dr David Williams (Professor of Public Health, Harvard) and looks at racism and its health consequences.
Transforming Cancer Care video series by brap on behalf of NHS England
As part of the Making a Difference programme, brap have produced three films exploring some of the reasons poorer experience of cancer care might be reported. The films examine three themes: bias, communication, and dignity.
"Let's talk about prostate cancer" video series by South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA)
SELCA has teamed up with prostate cancer patients from Black African and Caribbean communities in south east London, and students at the London College of Communications to develop a series of thought-provoking animations to encourage conversations about prostate cancer.
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Annabel Sowemimo
Annabel Sowemimo unravels the colonial roots of modern medicine. Divided exposes the racial biases of medicine that affect our everyday lives and provides an illuminating - and incredibly necessary - insight into how our world works, and who it works for.
The Science of Racism by Keon West
Polls show that over 50% of us don’t believe racism exists. Keon West uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we know it, and what we can do about it.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
An illuminating exploration covering issues from eradicated black history to white privilege, the fallacy of 'meritocracy' to whitewashing feminism, and the inextricable link between class and race.
Authored by Tracey McKee
"Curiosity demands a willingness to engage earnestly with people who have different thoughts, perspectives, and opinions."
Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On - The Health Foundation
Commissioned by the Health Foundation, the Institute of Health Equity is working to examine progress in addressing health inequalities in England and propose recommendations for future action.
Anti-racism Toolkit - Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London
In 2023 the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London developed an anti-racism toolkit that is designed to provide practical guidance and support for individuals and organisations who want to take action to tackle racism in all its forms. This includes talking about racism, taking action, and creating an actively anti-racist workplace.
Training course: 123 Approach to Health Inequalities and Patient Experience training
The ‘123 Approach’ to Health Inequalities training has been developed by the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) as a way to empower NHS staff working in cancer services to understand and tackle health inequalities themselves. This approach encourages staff in all areas of the organisation to see health inequalities as their own responsibility and supports them to take action.
Training course: Courageous Conversations
A course for NHS staff looking at what makes a conversation courageous and how you can have successful conversations that make a difference.
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