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Tackling Mental Health Inequalities: Ensuring Accessibility for All Communities

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Jul 2023

Every 1 in 4 people in the UK have mental health difficulty. In this video, the Centre for Mental Health discuss inequalities that increase risk of poor mental and how these inequalities prevent people from accessing services to get the help they need.

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Providing Accessible Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for the LGBTQ+ Community

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Jun 2023

1 in 7 LGBTQ+ people avoid seeking heathcare for fear of discrimination from staff. In this video Dr Vanessa Apea shares evidence of inequalities in healthcare caused by heteronormativity and highlights how we can learn from good practice to create a more inclusive healthcare environment for LGBTQ+ patients.

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Fixing the Digital Divide to Decrease Health Inequalities

17 minute watch

Apr 2023

1.5 million households in the UK do not have internet access. Dr Emma Stone, Director of Evidence and Engagement at the Good Things Foundation discusses the impacts of the digital divide on health inequalities and how local authorities can help relieve the pressure on volunteer organisations with helping individuals have online access.

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Improving Gender Identity Training Can Improve the Lives of Trans People Using NHS Services

4 minute read

Apr 2023

According to Stonewall, 45% of people have said their GP did not understand their needs as a trans person in the Trans Lives Survey. In this article, Dr Jamie Willo, child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist at Sussex Partnership Trust, shares their personal quest to ensure that trans people have timely access to NHS services and are treated by clinicians who understand their needs.

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Improving Health Outcomes in Gypsy Roma Traveller Communities

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Feb 2023

Gypsy and traveller groups have groups have a higher rate of mortality and morbidity, and also face numerous barriers in accessing healthcare. Lisa Gavin, Clinical Service Manager for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Inclusion Health at First Community Health and Care, discusses some of these barriers and highlights changes healthcare systems need to make to increase trust in services to improve access and in turn health outcomes for these communities.

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Strategies for Tackling the Gender Health Gap

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Jan 2023

In July 2022, the Government published the first Women’s Health Strategy to address the challenges women face in accessing healthcare. Miss Karen Joash, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Head of the School for Obstetrics and Gynaecology for London, Health Education England discusses the strategy and specific conditions to identify gender health gap priority areas of focus in UK healthcare.

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Understanding the Impact of the Pandemic on Health Inequalities

27 minute watch

Jan 2023

Those living in the most deprived areas of England spend a third of their lives in poor health. In this video, Dr Tammy Boyce, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Health Equity shares insights from the Marmot Report, highlighting the longer term impacts of the pandemic on health inequalities in England.

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Identifying and Addressing Mental Health Inequalities in Children and Young People from Minority Ethnic Communities

24 minute watch

Dec 2022

1 in 6 children between the ages of 6 and 16 in the UK have a probable mental health condition according to NHS digital. In this video, Leeds City Council discuss how services can be better allies to children and young people from minority ethnic communities.

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Sexual Health: Inclusive Sex and Relationships Education for LBGT+ and LGBT+ SEND Young People

20 minute watch

Mar 2022

Historically, there has been a lack of inclusive sex education in schools. Many LGBTQ+ and SEND students have reported feeling left out. We heard from Nick Dunne, Head of Education at the sexual health charity Brook. He outlined the detrimental impact of a lack of inclusion and why accessible education is so important.

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Sexual Health: Improving Access to LARC and Developing Women’s Reproductive Health Hubs

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Mar 2022

Liverpool City Council have developed a 3-year vision to address sexual health problems within the city. We heard from James Woolgar, Advanced Public Health Practitioner and Sexual Health Lead at Liverpool City Council on the logistics of the approach, the push for better contraception rates and the benefits of a reproductive health hub approach.

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Sexual Health: Addressing and Finding Solutions to Sexual Health Inequalities

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Mar 2022

The 2020 State of the Nation Report on Sexual Health highlighted that some groups are disproportionately susceptible to contracting STIs. We heard from Dr Michael Brady Medical Director at the Terrence Higgins Trust and Sexual Health and HIV Consultant at King’s College Hospital. He discussed the scope of these inequalities and the impact on individuals and wider society.

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