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The Health Of Women From Ethnic Minority Groups In England | The King's Fund This long read delves into the data behind the health outcomes and health inequalities experienced by women from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Our new long read, The health of women from ethnic minority groups in England, delves into the data behind the health outcomes and health inequalities experienced by women from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Doing With, Not To: How to involve communities in your anchor work — Health Anchors Learning Network Join us for this learning event  focused on the “how-to ” of working with communities to develop and implement effective anchor strategies and activities.

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'Crack' teams of problem solvers will be deployed to improve public services and support delivery of the Plan for Change. Made up of a mix of people working in partnership to drive change - with data and digital skills, policy officials, and frontline workers, they will be given the freedom to experiment and adapt - adopting the 'test and learn' mindset of Silicon Valley.

Lots of sensible experienced seem pleased by Pat McFadden's speech today so I'm assuming it was full of good stuff, but as well as rolling my eyes at the "start-up" stuff, I am here to be a Debbie Downer about "crack teams", because do you know who usually gets to be on crack teams?

Young men

Borrowing this chart from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social to add a couple of points. Does the benefit system affect how people report *reasons* for economic inactivity in surveys? It's likely because there is evidence from cross national data that social & economic context influences responses. 1/n

ICYMI: This is really exciting, well done to all those involved @nhsengland.bsky.social DHSC and the ICSs, and others, who have got this up and running. Really positive example of #populationhealth join-up.
www.england.nhs.uk/2024/12/worl...

Digitalised primary care in the UK: a qualitative study of the experiences of minoritised ethnic communities Background Barriers to accessing and using primary care services among minoritised ethnic communities have been extensively evidenced in the UK. However, the impact of the rapid digitalisation of thes...

The rapid digitalisation of primary care services is replicating and potentially exacerbating barriers to using these services among minoritised ethnic communities

inadequate devices
connectivity
digital literacy skills language support

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Labour’s ‘Get Britain Working’ strategy risks making things worse. Here’s why | Iain Porter These new plans are built on a safety net that is fast eroding – and becoming an obstacle to people finding work, says Iain Porter of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

What was good in the 'Get Britain Working' white paper and what are still needs to be addressed?

✅Trying to tackle the root causes of ill health and improving employment support

❌£3bn of unspecified benefit savings hanging over people

@iainkporter.bsky.social
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I wondered where all the health policy people had gone! Now I am here too. According to tradition here are the current cats: Basil and Nutmeg.