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Improving health outcomes for patients from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities for patients from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Challenge

  • 17% of working-age UK population is in absolute low income as of 2023.1

  • 2021-2023, the age-standardised mortality rate in the lowest Index of Multiple Deprivation decile was almost double that of the highest.

  • Poverty and deprivation give rise to greater ill health and can make it harder to access NHS services → Worse health outcomes for patients + increased cost for NHS.2

Solution

  1.  Desk research, to inform;

  2. Interviews with patients and clinicians, to create;

  3. Toolkit (online & in print)

  4. Raising awareness via social media campaigns - targeting clinicians first

Impact

  • Better understanding patient lives and needs.

  • Improving knowledge base of target patients and clinicians on available support and tools.

  • Improving access to healthcare by creating a toolkit (aggregated information of resources).

Future Plans

  • Events for physical dissemination involving local hubs e.g community centres, libraries and medical associations to reach patients with no internet access

  • Large-scale survey - robust research

  • Access to treatments & clinical trials

  • Investigation of informal sources of health information patients use

Study - Assumptions vs Reality of patient needs

Team

Dina Molnar

Charly Massey

Lili Garcia Mondragon

Project Partner

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UK

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