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Blog Posts
Luke Charters - Labour’s Candidate for York Outer in this year’s General Election – has visited Clifton Park Hospital in the constituency to meet local doctors, nurses and wider staff working at the hospital to deliver high quality healthcare to patients across York, and further afield.
Purpose Coalition Engagement Director and former Member of Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet, Nick Forbes CBE has visited Purpose Coalition partner and leading independent healthcare provider, Ramsay Health Care UK, to see first-hand its work at Tees Valley Hospital.
York Outer Conservative MP, Julian Sturdy has visited Clifton Park Hospital to meet local doctors, nurses and wider staff working at the hospital.
Leading mental health provider, Kent and Medway NHS Foundation Trust (KMPT), has marked a new stage in its social impact journey.
Access to healthcare is one of the key social determinants of health. Being able to access NHS care when and where it is needed, and feeling that their voice is heard, is crucial for disadvantaged communities to facilitate the better health and wellbeing that will allow them to take advantage of opportunity.
A recent report1 has highlighted the stark divide in health and wealth in the UK, with people living in the most deprived parts of the country more than twice as likely to be in poor health as those living in the most affluent.
Peter Gibson, MP for Darlington, has visited Tees Valley Hospital to see how Ramsay Health Care UK is delivering high quality healthcare for patients across Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire.
New research has laid bare the huge economic and social inequalities that impact health outcomes across England, with one million people dying prematurely as a result in the decade after 2011.
The Purpose Coalition is proud to announce the shortlist of winners for the Purpose Coalition Awards 2023, Breaking Down Barriers, partnered with Sodexo.
How long you live and how well you age are down to a postcode lottery, with the gap in wealth and health between the richest and poorest growing as people get older.
Podcasts
Adam Carson, Managing Director of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, discusses initiatives to improve health outcomes by helping people get out of the hospital more quickly.
In this episode of Fit For Purpose, our host Anne Milton sits down with Sarah Jones, representing Anchor, the largest provider of social housing for older people in England. Sarah highlights how Anchor goes beyond traditional care services, focusing on independent living, housing support, and community well-being.
This week guest host Anne Milton is joined by Patricia Davies CEO of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust to discuss the community the trust serves, dealing with workforce challenges and being a lead provider in the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
This week guest host Anne Milton is joined by Jacqui Smith to discuss the Barts Health Futures hub and Jacqui's career from the first female Home Secretary to the Chair of Barts Health NHS Trust & Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This week Justine is joined by Anne Coyle, Managing Director of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.
On this week’s podcast Justine is joined by Lyn Simpson, Chief Executive of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
On this week’s podcast Justine is joined by Victoria Pickles, Deputy CEO at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
On this week's podcast Justine is joined by Professor Stephen Eames, Chief Executive of Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership.
Joining Justine this week is Andrew Attfield, Associate Director of Public Health at Barts Health NHS Trust. They discuss the challenges of serving a diverse population such as East London, the importance of collaboration with local stakeholders and how Barts is giving local young people employment opportunities.
This week on the podcast Justine is joined by Harry Hyman, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Primary Health Properties.
We hear just how PHP are leading the way with Fit For Purpose modern healthcare facilities across the UK and Ireland.
This week Justine is joined by Dr Shane Gordon, Director of Strategy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is this week's guest on the podcast.
Videos
Justine explains why diversity of thought is so important, reflecting on Helen MacNamara’s testimony at the covid inquiry.
The Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression at the Department for Work and Pensions, Mims Davies MP has joined pro-social mobility Purpose Coalition employers for a Westminster roundtable on the menopause and women’s health in the workplace - to break down barriers to opportunity.
Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression, Mims Davies MP, praises Rt Hon Justine Greening for her work on the Social Mobility Pledge
This seminar focuses on supporting and developing your workforce and the importance of providing a range of development opportunities and ensuring fair career progression for all. It will also touch on providing the correct health and wellbeing support to employees and what the NHS can do to become a better employer.
There are still unfair and avoidable inequalities in access to health because of where someone is born or lives. In our latest seminar, members of the Purpose Health Coalition discuss what needs to be done to address these inequalities and the need for cross service and cross sector collaboration.
Primary Health Properties (PHP) has launched a report with the Purpose Coalition which examines its current impact on levelling up and how it can go further in the future.
In our latest seminar we discuss Levelling Up Goal 8: Good health and well-being with with Reed in Partnership, brilliantly chaired by Iain Dale.
Take a look at our end of year video as we look back on how more and more organisations are now delivering on their purpose across the UK.
Seema Kennedy OBE recently joined Robbie Moore, MP in Keighley for a a Mental Health Summit which aimed to encourage an open and frank discussion on levelling up health and wellbeing as well as the challenges of local mental health provision.