Working for health equity: the role of health professionals
This report argues that people working in the NHS could do more to reduce health inequalities.
It discusses the best ways to reduce inequities through workforce education and training, practical actions to be taken during interactions with patients, ways of working in partnership and the role of advocacy. It also includes a section on the health system, which analyses which mechanisms and structures are supportive of actions to reduce health inequality, and where further development might be needed. More …..