Tackling health inequalities : summary of the 2002 cross-cutting review / Department of Health.
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Date:
- 2002
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: Tackling health inequalities : summary of the 2002 cross-cutting review / Department of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Levelling up access to prevention, screening, diagnostic and treatment services for CHD and cancer, countering the inverse care law by developing service provision, access and quality in areas and among populations that are least well served in relation to need (eg through improved primary care, prevention and early intervention). [DH] Improving diet and nutrition of children (to establish healthy eating patterns early in life) and among disadvantaged groups, especially through increased consumption of fruit and vegetables. [DH, NHS, DEFRA, FSA] Promoting greater physical activity, especially among children and disadvantaged groups. [DCMS, DH, NHS, DfES] Improving access to sport and leisure facilities (eg swimming pools) in deprived areas and promoting their use — and also increasing uptake of walking and cycling among groups with low participation. [DCMS, LAs, DfT] Reducing illness and deaths caused by accidental injury (including through fires), and especially among children in low-income families. [DfI, ODPM, LAs, Fire Service, HO, Police, DH, NHS] Ensuring high quality mental health prevention and treatment services, addressing inequalities in access and treatment, and ensuring services are culturally sensitive. [DH] Reducing work-related ill-health and injury [HSE, NHS] Improving access to public services and facilities Ensuring services are made accessible to all, including groups that face particular cultural or linguistic barriers. [All]. Improving access to primary care services (including mental health services), especially in areas (inner city, some rural) which are currently under-served. [DH, NHS] Improving the quality of preventive and treatment services for CHD, stroke, diabetes and cancer through NSF implementation, and levelling up access for groups and areas which have been under-served. [DH, NHS] Where appropriate, improving service use by taking services to people (eg through NHS outreach). [DH, NHS, others]. Improving the quality of primary care facilities and premises in disadvantaged areas. [DH] Improving access to healthy affordable food. [DH, FSA, LAs, DEFRA, Dfl, ODPM, DTT Improving accessibility of disadvantaged groups to core facilities (public services, retail outlets), through improved mainstream and targeted public transport links and through better land use planning. [DfI, ODPM, LAs, DH] Make services more joined up so they make sense on the ground and are more convenient for users. [All] Strengthening disadvantaged communities Neighbourhood renewal of deprived areas, including action on work and enterprise, crime, education and skills, health, housing and the physical environment. [Neighbourhood Renewal Unit leading a wide range of other Government Departments and LAs] Tackling crime and promoting environments in which people feel safe to go out and which promotes community networks and activity. [HO, LAs, DfT] Assisting with the regeneration of disadvantaged areas through the location of public service facilities there, the promotion of local employment policies and local purchasing of goods and services. [LAs, NHS and other areas as possible] Improving housing conditions so that everyone can live in a decent home. [ODPM, LAs]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32228818_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
