Researchers found increased damage, distress and distrust amongst ‘abandoned’ chronically diseased patients and clinicians from pandemic-related delays and decisions. The new research, from the University of Cambridge, details how the pandemic reduced access to routine and emergency care for rheumatology patients and describes the long-term impacts on their health and medical relationships. ‘The feeling of […]
LGBTQ+ public involvement panel choose priority themes for research into health of sexual and gender minority populations
Health services delivery, the prevention of health problems, and the intersectionality of sexual orientation and gender identity with other disadvantages are top priorities for LGBTQ+ health research, according to a new research prioritisation exercise carried out with members of the public. The topics were chosen from a list of healthcare research themes by a panel of people identifying as Lesbian, Gay, […]
Worsening GP shortages in disadvantaged areas likely to widen health inequalities
Areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage are being worst hit by shortages of GPs, a trend that is only worsening with time and is likely to widen pre-existing health inequalities, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. The government has made reducing health inequalities a core commitment, but this will be challenging with the increasing shortage […]
Unequal access to hospices: white, middle-class, middle-aged patients with cancer are over-represented in hospice populations
Persistent inequalities in hospice care provision have been revealed in a study of the demography of hospice populations carried out at the University of Cambridge. The figures, drawn from a systematic review of literature on the characteristics of hospice populations in the UK and other countries with similar healthcare models, show that certain groups have […]
What can primary care do about health inequalities?
How can primary care help reduce health inequalities? Dr John Ford, University of Cambridge, and Dr Geoff Wong, University of Oxford, are launching NIHR-funded research to find out how actions taken in primary care services and GP surgeries around the country can affect health inequalities and what should change. Four chronic conditions, cardiovascular disease, cancer, […]