Commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory, this comprehensive recommendations review: ‘We deserve better: Ethnic minorities with a learning disability and access to healthcare’ has been undertaken by the University of Central Lancashire, in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University, Learning Disability England and the Race Equality Foundation.
The review spans the last two decades and gives a deep insight using mixed research methods into the access and experiences of healthcare services for people with a learning disability from Black, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage) and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Supported by NHS England, the review was launched via an online webinar on 25 July 2023, with an array of experts including those who have, or care for someone with a learning disability. It explores why, in 2023, there are still discriminatory barriers preventing equitable healthcare treatment. Presently, this is resulting in shorter life expectancy triggered by poorer healthcare access, experience and outcomes.
The NHS Race and Health Observatory and the University of Nottingham have today published landmark findings which reveal the lack of trust and targeted engagement by health commissioners, regulators and researchers.
A landmark independent review of services provided by NHS Talking Therapies, formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), has been undertaken in partnership with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.
This report – Inequalities in Mental Health Care for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities: Identifying Best Practice is a comprehensive review that explores a lack of mental health care provision for these communities; captures first hand insight; and highlights good practice examples from six effective services across England, most of them run by voluntary Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations.
