Steps GPs can take to tackle health inequalities, with Professor Bola Owolabi

<p>Emma speaks to NHS England’s director of healthcare inequalities and Midlands GP Professor Bola Owolabi about how to reduce inequity in healthcare.</p><br><p>Bola talks about how she became interested in health inequalities, her vision for tackling inequity and she makes the economic argument for why we must address health disparities.</p><br><p>Bola also explains NHS England’s CORE20PLUS5 approach to tackling inequalities, how this provides a framework for primary care networks to focus their efforts when it comes to improving population health, and why she believes this could ultimately make a big difference to patients and communities.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/national-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-programme/core20plus5/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CORE20PLUS5 for adults</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/national-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-programme/core20plus5/core20plus5-cyp/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CORE20PLUS5 for children</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/health-inequalities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CORE20PLUS5 e-learning for health modules</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=459" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The RCGP’s health inequalities hub</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/national-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-programme/core20plus5/evidence-for-the-five-clinical-priorities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Evidence for NHS England’s five clinical priorities</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>