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Read: Small steps to better physical and mental wellbeing
Health, Business, Education Kevin Wilson 5/27/22 Health, Business, Education Kevin Wilson 5/27/22

Read: Small steps to better physical and mental wellbeing

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make the biggest difference - the tiny adjustments we can make to our lives, often over time, that will significantly improve them. That is certainly true of our physical health, but it is also true of our mental health. Often the two are inextricably linked.

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Read: Levelling up report recognises PHP’s social impact 
Business, Health, Politics Kevin Wilson 5/26/22 Business, Health, Politics Kevin Wilson 5/26/22

Read: Levelling up report recognises PHP’s social impact 

Primary Health Properties (PHP) launches a report with the Purpose Coalition which examines its current impact on levelling up and how it can go further in the future.

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Read: Employers launch Equality of Opportunity Coalition campaign to track progress on socio-economic diversity 
Business, Health, Education, Politics Kevin Wilson 5/25/22 Business, Health, Education, Politics Kevin Wilson 5/25/22

Read: Employers launch Equality of Opportunity Coalition campaign to track progress on socio-economic diversity 

A group of leading employers has launched a major UK campaign to make tracking and reporting socio-economic diversity common practice in boardrooms across the UK.

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Read: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust commits to social impact framework
Health Kevin Wilson 5/23/22 Health Kevin Wilson 5/23/22

Read: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust commits to social impact framework

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) is partnering with the Purpose Coalition to measure its social impact against an innovative new framework called the Purpose Goals.

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Read: Speedy cancer diagnosis should not depend on where you live
Health Kevin Wilson 5/16/22 Health Kevin Wilson 5/16/22

Read: Speedy cancer diagnosis should not depend on where you live

In our latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the disparities in cancer diagnosis and why people from poorer areas in England are 50% more likely than those from wealthier areas to be diagnosed through emergency routes such as A & E rather than through primary care.

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Read: Loneliness is a problem best tackled together
Health, Business Kevin Wilson 5/12/22 Health, Business Kevin Wilson 5/12/22

Read: Loneliness is a problem best tackled together

In her latest blog, Seema Kennedy OBE discusses the importance of having conversations around loneliness - the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2022.

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Read: Levelling Up report recognises Barts Health NHS Trust’s social impact
Health Kevin Wilson 5/5/22 Health Kevin Wilson 5/5/22

Read: Levelling Up report recognises Barts Health NHS Trust’s social impact

Rt Hon Anne Milton’s Purpose Health Coalition has published a report outlining the social impact of Barts Health NHS Trust against an innovative set of levelling up measures.

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Read: Purpose Health Coalition leaders feature in top 50 leaders list
Health Kevin Wilson 5/5/22 Health Kevin Wilson 5/5/22

Read: Purpose Health Coalition leaders feature in top 50 leaders list

Three NHS Trust CEOs currently working with the Purpose Health Coalition have featured in a list of this year’s top 50 NHS Trust leaders.

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Read: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust launches Impact Report
Health Kevin Wilson 5/3/22 Health Kevin Wilson 5/3/22

Read: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust launches Impact Report

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) has become the first NHS organisation to launch an Impact Report outlining its social impact against an innovative set of levelling up measures.

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Read: A champion of social impact: how sport is changing society
Business, Health Kevin Wilson 4/29/22 Business, Health Kevin Wilson 4/29/22

Read: A champion of social impact: how sport is changing society

Sport can change people’s lives on and off the field.

Our latest blog from Seema Kennedy OBE.

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Read: The health cost of the cost of living crisis
Health Kevin Wilson 4/19/22 Health Kevin Wilson 4/19/22

Read: The health cost of the cost of living crisis

In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the health implications of the cost of living crisis and the crucial role that organisations can play in providing help for those who need it most.

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Read: Strengthen mental health support services to help the most vulnerable children
Health, Business, Politics Kevin Wilson 4/4/22 Health, Business, Politics Kevin Wilson 4/4/22

Read: Strengthen mental health support services to help the most vulnerable children

Last week the Government delivered on its commitment to set out a plan to ensure that our education system offers opportunity for all, alongside its wider programme to level up the country.

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Read: The pandemic takes its toll on young people’s happiness and confidence
Health, Business Kevin Wilson 3/23/22 Health, Business Kevin Wilson 3/23/22

Read: The pandemic takes its toll on young people’s happiness and confidence

It’s a sad fact of our post-pandemic society - although not necessarily a surprising one - that the happiness and confidence of our young people has fallen to a 13-year low.

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Read: New taskforce is an opportunity to get to grips with disparities in maternal care
Health Kevin Wilson 3/17/22 Health Kevin Wilson 3/17/22

Read: New taskforce is an opportunity to get to grips with disparities in maternal care

In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the formation of The Maternity Disparities Taskforce following a raft of recent statistics which paint an increasingly alarminging picture of health inequality in the UK today.

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Read: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust commits to Purpose Goals framework
Health Kevin Wilson 3/16/22 Health Kevin Wilson 3/16/22

Read: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust commits to Purpose Goals framework

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with former Public Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton and signed up to a new framework for measuring social impact.

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Read: Targets are good, role models are better
Business, Health Kevin Wilson 3/3/22 Business, Health Kevin Wilson 3/3/22

Read: Targets are good, role models are better

The recent news that 40% of UK FTSE 100 board positions are now held by women, taking it to second place internationally, is encouraging. It’s certainly a big improvement on just 12.5%, ten years ago.

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Read: Addressing the demand for mental health support is key to effective levelling up
Business, Health Kevin Wilson 3/1/22 Business, Health Kevin Wilson 3/1/22

Read: Addressing the demand for mental health support is key to effective levelling up

While the pandemic seems at last to be receding, another crisis is threatening to engulf our health services. As we learn to live with the virus itself, we now also need to address one of its most damaging legacies - the growing number of those experiencing mental health issues.

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Read: Addressing health inequality: If not now, then when?
Health Kevin Wilson 2/22/22 Health Kevin Wilson 2/22/22

Read: Addressing health inequality: If not now, then when?

In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses a new report which has highlighted the significant and persistent health inequalities experienced by people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK. And whether it will be the tipping point for urgent action.

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Read: Levelling up at risk if health inequalities are not addressed
Health Kevin Wilson 2/15/22 Health Kevin Wilson 2/15/22

Read: Levelling up at risk if health inequalities are not addressed

In our latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the fundamental links between health, education and skills, and the urgent need to address health inequalities.

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Read: Paying the economic price of health inequality
Health Kevin Wilson 1/26/22 Health Kevin Wilson 1/26/22

Read: Paying the economic price of health inequality

In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses new research that has estimated that persistent ill-health in England’s most left behind communities costs the country almost £30 billion a year in lost productivity.

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