THREAD on @RoySocMed ONP51: Health inequalities: what can healthcare professionals do?"
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Dr Chad Hockey talks about how the original game of monopoly which originally had wealth distribution that is no longer part of the game
bbc.com/worklife/artic…
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Dr Chad Hockey talks about how the original game of monopoly which originally had wealth distribution that is no longer part of the game
bbc.com/worklife/artic…
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🗣️ "The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not...the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied … but written off as trash.” John Berger
🗣️ "The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not...the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied … but written off as trash.” John Berger
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Healthcare provision is based on the fact that we all have the same healthcare needs but this is not the case.
Healthcare provision is based on the fact that we all have the same healthcare needs but this is not the case.
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Inverse care is an issue of resilience to maintain your day-to day activities.
The community often does not belong to the people that live in them:
Inverse care is an issue of resilience to maintain your day-to day activities.
The community often does not belong to the people that live in them:
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@benomsam @CommVoicesNWL
We should be campaigning for time and space to change how health and social care is funding rather than tokenistic pots of money.
(Sorry tech issues so missed much of this!)
@benomsam @CommVoicesNWL
We should be campaigning for time and space to change how health and social care is funding rather than tokenistic pots of money.
(Sorry tech issues so missed much of this!)
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Huge health inequalities in gypsy and traveller communities in suicide, anxiety, depression and child mortality.
gypsy-traveller.org/wp-content/upl…
Huge health inequalities in gypsy and traveller communities in suicide, anxiety, depression and child mortality.
gypsy-traveller.org/wp-content/upl…
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What can we do to improve health inequalities at your healthcare institution?
What can we do to improve health inequalities at your healthcare institution?
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April Wareham from "Working with Everyone"
🗣️ Do we really put ourselves in other people's shoes and non-healthcare priorities/circumstances?
Our society has societal norms which assume sufficient money/housing/IT skills/literacy.
Many people are just doing their best.
April Wareham from "Working with Everyone"
🗣️ Do we really put ourselves in other people's shoes and non-healthcare priorities/circumstances?
Our society has societal norms which assume sufficient money/housing/IT skills/literacy.
Many people are just doing their best.
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Not everyone has a smartphone/printer/computer that works.
💡Things that helped:
People were seen as people rather than being judged as stereotypes
Listening actively
Not everyone has a smartphone/printer/computer that works.
💡Things that helped:
People were seen as people rather than being judged as stereotypes
Listening actively
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@rachelpower222 from @PatientsAssoc presents results of recent survey:
People of disabilities and long term conditions felt left behind during lockdown.
Difficult to access secondary care appointments:
@rachelpower222 from @PatientsAssoc presents results of recent survey:
People of disabilities and long term conditions felt left behind during lockdown.
Difficult to access secondary care appointments:
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Why were people worried about accessing healthcare services? Did we ask?
How can we help? How do we engage with marginalised populations? Tech won't be the answer!
Why were people worried about accessing healthcare services? Did we ask?
How can we help? How do we engage with marginalised populations? Tech won't be the answer!
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Panel discussion: Why do health inequalities still exist?
➡️ We can make healthcare better but healthcare inequalities are much bigger than healthcare...is there a lack of political will?
➡️ Do we value wellbeing or money in society?
Panel discussion: Why do health inequalities still exist?
➡️ We can make healthcare better but healthcare inequalities are much bigger than healthcare...is there a lack of political will?
➡️ Do we value wellbeing or money in society?
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➡️ Do we look at disease in people or people with disease?
➡️ Tribalism between different groups, CCG/secondary care/social care - multiple managed hierarchies
➡️ Do we look at disease in people or people with disease?
➡️ Tribalism between different groups, CCG/secondary care/social care - multiple managed hierarchies
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