Tackling health inequalities : summary of the 2002 cross-cutting review / Department of Health.

  • Great Britain. Department of Health
Date:
2002
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Credit: Tackling health inequalities : summary of the 2002 cross-cutting review / Department of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MD. 10 the cross-Government Delivery Plan on health inequalities within the remit of the Cabinet's Domestic Affairs Sub-Committee on Social Exclusion and Regeneration (DA(SER)). with other local partners and the community. This should include determining a single set of local priorities for health inequalities and working together in a coherent and co-ordinated way to tackle the different causes, with a clear focus on outcomes. The Review felt that existing or developing structures should be suitable for this purpose, particularly Local Strategic Partnerships. government and are integrated into their mainstream planning, performance management and funding structures. These performance systems and structures include: g yi - the Priorities and Planning Framework for the NHS, and the performance management by Strategic Health Authorities of achievement against these priorities; the NHS performance indicators for PCTs and acute trusts, which support the performance ratings; - Local PSA targets for councils, based on the national PSA for local government, with particular encouragement for councils in the areas of lowest life expectancy or in receipt of Neighbourhood Renewal Funding to adopt health inequalities targets; = Best Value Performance Indicators and comprehensive performance assessment framework. ‘ PCTs and local authorities to be encouraged to make joint appointments of Directors of Public Health The Government is putting together a cross-Government Delivery Plan for tackling health inequalities, building on the work of the Review. This will set out the priorities for action across Government, including local government and in the NHS, in partnership with the community, voluntary and business sectors, and will be based on a mainstreaming approach to tackle the wider determinants of health. The cross-Government Delivery Plan will be published shortly.
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