Advocacy

We advocate for our patients and ourselves to get equitable access to services which accounts for the higher disease burden, consultation rates etc in our populations. We seek to increase recognition and understanding of the difficulties (and benefits) of working in deprived areas and underserved populations, in order that policy makers actually understand the impact of their decisions.

We have representation on the ICS and RCGP health inequalities group.

We have reported to the government’s racial equality commission. We have contacts with major health think tanks such as the Kings Fund, Health Foundation and more.

The FAIRSTEPS framework

At the University of Sheffield we have developed an academically rigorous and clinically focused primary healthcare resource to support current practitioners, educators and commissioners seeking to address health inequities through primary care.  

Click here to download the FAIRSTEPS Framework report. 

Click here for the FAIRSTEPS lay report.

The FAIRSTEPS framework helps will help you developing your own effective interventions to address health inequity through primary care - whether a GP surgery; a primary care network; a health education provider or a commissioner. 

Building Equitable Primary Care 

Following the completion of FAIRSTEPS we collaborated with colleagues a University of Cambridge and Queen Mary university of London who conducted a complementary study which had the same goals.  We brought the studies together which we feel strengthens the findings of both.  Click the link for more information and the interactive PDF.