Health Inequalities

Redbridge Borough Partnership has been given approximately £2.1 million over three years from NHS North East London to fund innovative projects that will improve health outcomes and support people at higher risk of poor health, and is inviting local voluntary and community organisations and public sector services to submit proposals.

Priorities and Outcomes

Proposals should focus on the following priority activities and groups, and be designed to meet the key outcomes in the North East London Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Strategy:

Priority groups/dimensions

• People with learning disabilities and autism
• People who are homeless
• Informal carers
• Poverty/deprivation
• Ethnicity

Activities

• Improving equity in healthcare access, experience and outcomes, with a focus on the priority groups/ dimensions.
• Increasing equity across the five key clinical areas of the Core20Plus5:
  1. Adults: maternity, severe mental illness, chronic respiratory disease, early cancer diagnosis, hypertension case finding, smoking cessation
  2. Children and young people: asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, oral health, mental health
• Increasing early diagnosis and addressing unmet need.
• Anti-racism and addressing ethnic inequalities.
• Accelerating prevention.
• Mitigating digital exclusion.
• Working as anchor institutions around employment, procurement, climate and buildings and land.

The Redbridge Health Inequalities Steering Group has reviewed applications for this year and agreed allocations are:

For more information on the health inequalities funding or projects contact james.bachmann@redbridge.gov.uk or julian.buckton@nhs.net