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WOMEN'S HEALTH

Government to renew Women's Health Strategy

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

The Women’s Health Strategy is set to be renewed to address 'longstanding barriers', the government has announced.

DIGITAL

Welsh health board helps BSL signers communicate with healthcare providers

By Liz Wells 06 October 2025

Powys Teaching Health Board is using a free app to help BSL signers to communicate with their healthcare providers.

NHS RACE AND HEALTH OBSERVATORY

Digital platform tackles health inequalities

By Liz Wells 13 August 2025

NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched a new interactive digital platform centred on supporting healthcare organisations to tackle inequalities in health.

PREVENTION

Government-funded projects to help bring healthy food to those who need it most

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

Households that may struggle to eat nutritious meals due to a lack of accessible healthy options are to receive government support through six projects across the UK, the Science and Technology Pet...

GAMBLING

Worthy winners!

By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

London Borough of Haringey scooped the prize in the Innovation in Reducing Health Inequalities category at our sister title The Municipal Journal’s annual achievement awards last month

TORBAY COUNCIL

Preventative healthcare with teeth

23 June 2025

We continue our feature series showcasing the finalists in this year’s Innovation in Reducing Health Inequalities category at our sister title The Municipal Journal’s annual achievement awards this...

WORKFORCE

Training to ensure healthcare staff have skills to handle learning disabilities and autism

By Liz Wells 19 June 2025

The DHSC has published new guidance to ensure health and care staff have skills to provide care for people with a learning disability and autistic people.

CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST

Time to deliver

By Lee Peart 19 May 2025

James Benson, chief executive of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, urges the Government to deliver on its pledge to shift from a hospital to a community healthcare model

HEALTH INEQUALITIES

Shining a light on health inequalities

By Liz Wells 05 May 2025

The UK Health Security Agency’s latest report, which highlights the extent and cost of health inequalities in England, aims to support health systems in better understanding who and where is most a...

HEALTH INEQUALITIES

Inquiry to examine how digital access shapes health outcomes

By Liz Wells 02 May 2025

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) is to lead a new inquiry to examine how digital exclusion is shaping health outcomes, and what must change to ensure digital transformation in healthcare does not...

Chatbot technology aims to reduce health inequalities

By Liz Wells 19 February 2025

Researchers from the University of Westminster have pioneered an inclusive approach for the use of chatbot technology to reduce health inequalities among ethnic minorities.