An evidence-based approach to addressing health inequalities

This week Emma speaks to Dr John Ford and GP Dr Liam Loftus from the Health Equity Evidence Centre at Queen Mary University in London about health inequalities and how frontline clinicians, system leaders and policymakers can make evidence-based decisions to tackle inequality in healthcare.

John and Liam discuss how the Health Equity Evidence Centre is making the evidence on what works when it comes to addressing health inequalities more accessible.

The centre uses machine learning to analyse the vast amount of research and literature that’s available and the team at the centre turns that information into actionable insights for GPs, other frontline clinicians, healthcare managers and policymakers.

John and Liam explain how this all works in practice, the resources they have available and how this can help GPs, practices and primary care networks in their day to day work. They also talk about projects they are currently working on, including how GP funding inequalities can be addressed, and how they hope to establish a solid evidence base for what works when it comes to tackling health inequalities.

This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

Health Equity Evidence Centre

Outdated GP funding formula leaves practices in deprived areas with 10% less funding

Talking General Practice episode with Dr Becks Fisher from the Nuffield Trust on - How can we make GP funding fairer?

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