Engaging communities to improve access and outcomes for underserved groups
Health inequalities are estimated to cost the NHS £ 4.6 billion a year . People in deprived areas , along with Black , Asian , and minority ethnic communities , as well as inclusion health groups like the homeless , face the greatest risk of poor access and health outcomes .
NHS England ’ s Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme ( InHIP ) aims to tackle healthcare disparities among underserved populations . Working with the three Integrated Care Systems in our region we secured nearly £ 300,000 of funding from this programme for Yorkshire and the Humber . Through our routine population health
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roundtable we were able to clearly identify and narrow our systems ’ priorities to three distinct projects that have significantly helped to improve the quality of life and care outcomes of the population groups concerned : a respiratory project in Humber and North Yorkshire and two cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) projects in West and South
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