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What are health inequalities

WEBHealth inequalities can therefore involve differences in: health status, for example, life expectancy. access to care, for example, availability of given services. …

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What is a population health approach

WEBThe King’s Fund defines it as: An approach aimed at improving the health of an entire population. It is about improving the physical and mental health outcomes and wellbeing …

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Communities And Health

WEBA community is a group of people joined together by a common interest, characteristics or experience. The definition adopted by the National Institute for Health …

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Leadership and Leadership Development in Health Care

WEB23. leadership bodies is most effective when it is supportive, developmental, appreciative and sustained; when health service organisations are seen as partners in developing …

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The health of people from ethnic minority groups in England

WEBKey messages. In England, there are health inequalities between ethnic minority and white groups, and between different ethnic minority groups. 1 The picture is complex, both …

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How health care is funded

WEBThe majority of Americans get health insurance through an employer (their own or a family member’s), funded by a combination of employee and employer tax …

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A Vision For Population Health The King's Fund

WEBPopulation health is an approach that aims to improve physical and mental health outcomes, promote wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across an entire …

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How Does The NHS Compare To The Health Care Systems Of …

WEBWhat we found A system with fewer resources. The UK has below-average health spending per person compared to peer countries. Health spending as a share of …

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Poverty and the health and care system

WEBHealth and care systems can mitigate, reduce and prevent poverty’s effects on health, but to do this they need to be much better at sharing and acting on data. Our …

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Annual Conference 2024 The King's Fund

WEBThrough a mix of keynote speeches, case studies, panel debates and interactive workshops, The King’s Fund annual conference 2024 will bring together leaders from …

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Integrated care systems and social care

WEBIntegrating health and social care has been an objective of national policy for more than three decades but has started to gather pace with the introduction the Health …

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Comparing NHS Internationally In 5 Charts The King's Fund

WEB1. NHS spending performs well on some efficiency measures. For some measures of efficiency, the UK performs better than some other countries. For example, …

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What is happening to life expectancy in England

WEBHealthy life expectancy. For the three aggregated years 2020–22, although male life expectancy was 78.8 years, average healthy male life expectancy was only …

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What is social care and how does it work

WEBRather, social care is funded by people paying for their own care, by local government, or often a mixture of the two. Local government budget cuts have …

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How Does The NHS in England Work

WEBThere are around 40 integrated care systems across England and although they’ve existed for some time, the Health and Care Act gives them legal status, as well …

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Cardiovascular disease in England

WEBCardiovascular disease (CVD) 1 is a leading cause of morbidity, disability, mortality and health inequalities in England (see key CVD statistics below). The …

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What can be learnt from the past 75 years of LGBTQ+ health care

WEBBecause of this pathologisation, decisions about the queer community are often made by people who don’t have the lived experience of being LGBT+. This can …

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The Health and Care Act: six key questions

WEBLong answer. At the heart of the changes brought about by the Act is the formalisation of integrated care systems (ICSs).ICSs are partnerships that bring …

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