Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the UK, particularly impacting socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority groups. Primary care services have a significant role to play in mitigating inequalities in lipid management within health care. This evidence brief examines the available evidence on inequalities across the NHS England cholesterol pathway.
It was striking to read the devastating results of the last fifteen years of austerity policies on the future of the NHS in the recent BMJ Commission, all within less than nine pages [1]. The numbers are telling; declining life expectancy, deteriorating physical and mental health of young children, and increasing infant and child deaths disproportionately […]
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This interactive toolkit brings together two research studies, EQUALISE and FAIRSTEPS, to describe what equitable primary care looks like and provide practical steps to help local decision makers address inequalities in health and healthcare.
This article, published in The Lancet Public Health, provides findings from a Realist Review of interventions that influence health and care inequalities in general practice.
This policy brief introduces the Building Equitable Primary Care toolkit and draws out key recommendations for policymakers for achieving equitable primary care.
