Fairer Health For All

Fairer Health for All is Greater Manchester’s (GM) response to ‘Build Back Fairer’, a series of national must-dos and regional ambitions to advance equalities across our city region, as well as a system-wide commitment to address root causes of ill health and inequalities and create a healthier, cleaner, and greener place to live, for all.

  • NHS Staff including GM ICP strategy development team, exec team, public health, equality diversity and inclusion staff, people and culture teams, comms, and engagement
  • Primary care: GP, dental, eyecare, community pharmacy
  • Secondary care: Planned elective care, emergency care, mental health
  • Community health: DASS, child health services, sexual health, district nurses, social prescribing, and community connectors
  • Public Health Leaders in place – and including GMPHLN, cross service local authority engagement
  • Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise sector – Equality Alliance
  • GM Housing Providers
  • Local infrastructure organisations
  • Commissioners
  • Cost of living and citizen advice organisations
  • GM residents
  • GM Chambers of Commerce and GM
  • Businesses
  • Designed as a comprehensive, in-depth learning and development opportunity
  • Enables learners from a non-public health background to develop their knowledge and skills in population health, equality and sustainability.
  • Open to people from a wide range of backgrounds, including clinical and managerial staff and people working in the VCSE sector.
  • Hope to attract an applicant pool that mirrors the communities we serve.
  • A limited scheme started in 2022/23 as proof of concept.
  • Plan to offer 20 fellowships in early 2024, prioritising staff working within community and Primary Care settings in the first cohort of the programme.
  • Develop a substantive scheme across the next 3 years increasing capacity for up to 30 GM fellows.

Expectation

To socialise the Fairer Health for All framework including raising awareness of its principles and priorities, as well as its origins.

Benefits

  • Knowledge and skills in public health, relevant to your specialist area
  • Access to communities of practice and learning networks
  • Mentor support to implement a change process and convert theory into action
  • Improved level of personal and professional leadership practice
  • Increased resilience and ability to react to the challenges of rapidly changing contexts
  • Abilit to triangulate themes from across health and social care, academia, and voluntary sector.

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Information Pack

Fairer Health For All Fellowship Poster

If you have any questions please email the Project Manager Joey Hetherington at [email protected].