Ep 5: Equity

In this episode, we talk to two East London leaders who have been at the forefront of efforts to improve population health, with equity front and centre. 

• Dr Guddi Singh is a paediatric doctor and co-founder of the Wellbeing and Health Action Movement (WHAM) - a powerful project bringing together children’s health professionals to fight poverty in clinical practice. 

• Marie Gabriel CBE is Chair of North East London Integrated Care Board and Chair of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, working to bring anti-racism models into healthcare improvement.  

Guddi shares her work as a consultant paediatrician in Newham, East London, where she realised there was a big connection between improving services in the most deprived borough of London* and increasing levels of joy and commitment among the staff working there. She found the best way to engage people in quality improvement, was to start by asking 

what they care about most. 

Marie explores the importance of learning from patients’ lived experiences to improve services and tackle the structural racism that is embedded within those services. She talks about placing resident participation at the heart of the leadership team, engaging with and listening to local people about priorities for change. 

You can find the show notes and references from this episode on our website: https://www.nhsconfed.org/podcast/equity

For more information on out Learning and Improving Across Systems Peer Learning Programme, please visit: https://www.nhsconfed.org/learning-improving-systems/peer-learning

*According to the Index of Multiple Deprivation. 

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