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Tackling Race Related Inequalities in Health and Care

Online Event 17 November 2021, 9:00am - 3:00pm

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Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Anita Sharma, GPwSI Gynaecology Oldham, Family Doctor Association Educational Lead North West NICE QSAC GP and Member, South Chadderton Health Centre
9:40am
Keynote Address: Addressing Health Disparities In The Risks And Outcomes Of COVID-19 For Ethnic Minorities
  • Responding to the Public Health England (PHE) review into disparities in the risks and outcomes of COVID-19
  • Ensuring an evidence-driven and targeted response by understanding the key drivers of the disparities and the relationships between the different risk factors
  • Commissioning the Race Disparity Unity (RDU) to explore the relationship between different risk factors and the higher rates of ethnic minority deaths
  • Enhancing existing communications strategies by introducing the Community Champions scheme in communities most at risk from COVID-19
  • Enabling targeted engagement with communities that have been historically underserved or are not vaccine confident
Marcus Bell, Director, Race Disparity Unit, Director, Government Equalities Office, Director, Disability Unit, and Director, Equality Hub, Cabinet Office and • Richard Laux, Deputy Director, Data and Analysis, Race Disparity Unit, Cabinet Office
10:00am
Reducing Health Inequalities Through Action On Inclusive And Sustainable Economies
Prof Paul Johnstone, Director for Regional Public Health Development, Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care; and Judy Kurth, National Health Disparities Team, OHID
10:20am
Presentation by Cllr Angela Kilmartin surrounding Urinary Tract Infections

Renowned author Cllr Kilmartin will share her knowledge of UTI’s, accrued through a lifetime of travel and research to discuss the impact which

A) UTI’s have on a global level,

B) the effect on the person suffering

C) how to effectively respond to them with prevention strategies

Cllr Angela Kilmartin, Conservative Party Councillor for Witham Central, Braintree District Council
10:50am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Case Study: Improving Diabetes Awareness Among People From Black And South Asian Ethnic Groups To Promote The Use Of An Online Diagnostic Tool
  • Devising a targeted campaign to raise awareness of increased level of risk for diabetes and encouraging people to adopt health lifestyles
  • Encouraging people to sign up for a fee diabetes prevention programme and encouraging people to know their risk
  • Employing a blend of PR targeting specific ethnic media outlets and using a mix of case studies, influencer and celebrity support, social marketing and community engagement
  • Enabling people who are identified as moderate to high risk of type 2 diabetes to refer themselves to a local service for support
Tom Newbound, Director, NHS Diabetes Programme, NHS England and Leicia Feare, Head of Communications - Health Inequalities Improvement
11:55am
Addressing Inequalities in Minority Ethnic Healthcare
Dr Anita Sharma, GPwSI Gynaecology Oldham, Family Doctor Association Educational Lead North West NICE QSAC GP and Member, South Chadderton Health Centre
12:15pm
Addressing the Wider Social, Economic and Political Factors for BME Communities
Wilf Sullivan, Race Equality Officer, Trade Union Congress
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Sharpening the Global Focus on Health Inequalities in Ethnicity and Race in the time of COVID-19
Dr. Gwenetta Curry, Lecturer of Race, Ethnicity, and Health, Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh
2:00pm
Case Study: Delivering The Reducing Inequalities In Communities Programme (RIC) To Close The Health Gap In Central Bradford
  • Following a population health management framework an using data and knowledge about local communities to see where there are the greatest inequalities
  • Creating the Bradford Inequalities Research Unit (BIRU) to identify areas to prioritise, understand the causes of inequalities and ill health and build an evidence base of what works
  • Using a targeted and collaborative approach with a range of projects which help improve people’s health and tackle inequalities at different stages of life
  • Designing the programme so that it can be easily extended to other areas in the future
Dr Sohail Abbas, Deputy Clinical Chair and Strategic Clinical Director of Population Health and Wellbeing, NHS Bradford District and Craven CCG
2:20pm
Case Study: Reducing And Understanding The Impact of Health Inequalities For Black, Asian And Minority Ethnic Communities And Colleagues
  • Developing an action plan to respond to the recommendations of an independent review 
  • Using information to plan services to meet different groups of people’s needs through population planning
  • Working together to co-ordinate, lead and measure progress on reducing inequalities in mental health outcomes by ethnicity
  • Supporting BAME colleagues through local place action and BAME networks
  • Ensuring that the Partnership’s leadership is reflective of communities within partner organisations and at system and board level
Rob Webster, CEO, West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership
2:40pm
Closing Keynote: Tackling ethnic health inequalities – removing the excuses
Dr Habib Naqvi MBE, Director, NHS Race and Health Observatory
3:00pm
Question and Answer Session
3:20pm
Chair's summary and close

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