This is one of a series of case studies exploring how individuals living in London have used the King's Fund Millennium Awards scheme to make a real difference to the health of others in their communities. While working at a west London community centre, Imo Akpan recognised a reluctance among ...
While working as a volunteer at the Latin American Elderly Project, a day centre in Islington, Lucrecia Janowicz recognised that the older members of the project were unable to access the health information that they needed because they didn't speak English. She therefore decided to organise a series of talks ...
In recent years the NHS has made significant progress in increasing the number of non-executive directors (NEDs) from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, as part of a wider move to reflect diversity at all levels of NHS organisations. Drawing on the findings of two surveys and interviews with individuals ...
This working paper says that mental health services have been slower to address inequalities than other health sectors and that this is exacerbating the problem of mental illness in the capital. As a result, services are less likely to be accessible to women from black and minority ethnic groups. The ...
Barriers to mainstream health and social care services for London's minority ethnic communities include a complex array of poorly organised and delivered services, inadequate communication services for non-English speaking groups, direct staff insensitivity to users' cultural and religious needs, and institutionalised barriers that perpetuate discriminatory behaviour and poor practices. This ...
This guide is mainly aimed at PCG/T boards as they attempt to address the core government objectives of reducing inequalities and tackling racism. It should particularly benefit those with small ethnic populations, although those PCG/Ts with large ethnic populations, where there has been a history of attempting to meet local ...
This briefing looks at who Britain's minority ethnic groups are and if they are more or less healthy than average. It also discusses the particular health problems for minority ethnic groups, and what causes ethnic variations in health. It then asks if health services are able to deal with the ...
This paper examines what is known about linkworkers, using information derived from a review of the literature and from interviews with those working in the field. It discusses how linkworkers might make a contribution to primary care in the future, and considers some of the organisational issues that will need ...
The findings outlined in this book describe a service in inner London that cannot be sustained because it is unable to meet the demands imposed upon it. Services in outer London are comparable with those in other English cities. The mental illness services are in a state of transition, and ...
This is a pamphlet produced when the S.H.A.R.E. project closed. It is a brief update on remaining information providers and key organisations in the field of race and health.