NHS Tayside Pilots

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Deprivation in Tayside
Source McLoone 2004
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Background

• Increasing recognition that deprivation is
  associated with higher burden of disease, poorer
  uptake and worse outcomes
• NHS Tayside commissioned an Inequalities Strategy
  in 2003

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Strategic Framework
Tackling the underlying causes of inequalities
Targeted health improvement
Improved access to health services
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Priorities for Action
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Resource allocation

• Any new ring-fenced funding to take account of
  the direct relationship between health status and
  outcome
• 1.7m invested in improving access in 10 worst
  deprived areas
• Continue all other investment based on Arbuthnott

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How are we doing?

• Health intelligence underpins and influences
  decisions
• Targeted health improvement
• Some shifts in investment
• Improving access to health services
• Healthcare Academy and workforce planning
• Disseminating the learning

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Challenge
The Challenge

• Those who most need medical care are least likely
  to get it whilst
• those with least need tend to use health services
  more

Top priority Radical measures Early years and
families