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UK Disability History Month

UK Disability History Month is a chance to reflect on the history, challenges, and achievements of disabled people. It’s a time to celebrate progress while recognizing that barriers still exist and to commit to building a more inclusive future.

This month encourages us to listen to the voices of disabled individuals, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for change. By learning from the past and engaging with the present, we can all play a part in creating a society that values and supports everyone.

Let’s take this opportunity to educate ourselves, share stories, and make a difference—because inclusion benefits us all.

Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS – The King’s Fund

Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities and tackling the worst health outcomes, which includes insights from stakeholders, partners and people with lived experience, this long read outlines what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS do more to tackle these challenges.

Tackling Health Inequalities | Seven Priorities For The NHS | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

Black History Month

As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Black healthcare professionals to the NHS.

Despite facing challenges like discrimination and underrepresentation, Black healthcare workers have persisted, breaking barriers, setting new standards for excellence and have paved the way for a more inclusive healthcare system.

This month let’s celebrate their achievements and also commit to building a more equitable future within the NHS. Diversity strengthens healthcare.

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Institute of Health Equity

Health equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on

Ten years since the publication of The Marmot Review, for the first time in more than one hundred years life expectancy has failed to increase across the country, and for the poorest ten per cent of women it has actually declined. Over the past decade health inequalities have widened overall, and the amount of time people spend in poor health has increased since 2010. Because health is closely linked to the circumstances in which we are born, grow, live, work and age, large funding cuts, under the banner of austerity, have had an adverse effect.