OUR PROGRAMMES
Health Equity Programme
A programme for people working in primary care who are keen to develop the knowledge, skills and resourcefulness to take action to address health inequalities.
About the programme
Offering simple, practical support the programme develop the capability of PCN or practice staff who wish to address particular areas of health inequalities through their work. Originally designed and delivered for North East London Health Equity Academy, the programme leads to:
Delivery of more equitable care
Probable reduction in appointments requested (depending on issue addressed)
Potential for higher QOF payment
An intervention that works will save time repeating interventions that don’t work
Participants have included multidisciplinary teams from individual practices, single PCN teams or multiple PCNs from one locality working together on a shared ambition.
“Offering simple, practical support the programme will develop the capability of PCN/Practice staff who wish to address particular areas of health inequalities through their work”
Over the course of five modules or skill development and organisational support the participating teams will:
Create the conditions for impactful work
Build relationships and shared understanding
Design an intervention to tackle a ‘wicked problem’
Continuously improve
Take steps to share and spread collective learning
How is the programme delivered?
Delivered over 5 months, this programme is made up of 5 half-day workshops. These will be delivered according to the preferences of participating teams and are likely to be a combination of online and face-to-face modules. The programme also includes:
Development of a community of practice
Support to identify and provide the data you need for the issue you want to tackle
Bespoke -2-1 consultancy support between modules for those who need it
Programme facilitators
The Altogether Better team works with people in health and care across the UK to develop new ways of organising that support the health system to be fit for the future. Find out more about the lead facilitators: Martin Fischer and Alyson McGregor.
Take the next step
If you’d like to chat to us about running the programme for your organisation or in your locality/region, drop us a line, we’d be happy to chat about your requirements and design a bespoke programme for your team.
How to join
This programme can be commissioned at area level, inviting multiple trusts to send participants to work as part of a wider community of practice, or bespoke programmes can be delivered at trust level.