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Tackling Inequalities

About the conference

COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on health inequalities that persist in our society. With that, addressing healthcare inequalities has moved firmly up the priority list of leaders in the NHS, the wider healthcare sector, the community and in business.

In March 2022, the Royal Society of Medicine launched a multi-year ‘Tackling Inequalities' programme. The inaugural Tackling Inequalities conference, in partnership with NHS England focused on Core20PLUS5, an approach designed to support Integrated Care Systems to drive targeted action in healthcare inequalities improvement.

The second conference in this programme took place on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

Tackling Health Inequalities in England - A selected chronology up to December 2022

The Tackling Inequalities conferences are hosted in partnership with NHS England.

If you are interested in becoming a partner for a conference or other activities which are part of our ‘Tackling Inequalities’ initiative, please contact events@rsm.ac.uk

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What we learned at the Tackling Inequalities conference 2023: Severe mental illness

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What we learned at the Tackling Inequalities conference 2023: Chronic respiratory disease

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What we learned at the Tackling Inequalities conference 2023: Prevention

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What we learned at the Tackling Inequalities conference 2023: Maternity

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