As a Network, we are committed to supporting the transformation of care pathways through adopting and scaling innovations equitably, ensuring that no one is excluded when trying to access services and/or suffers poorer clinical outcomes as a result of innovation.

We align our programmes to NHS England’s Core20PLUS5 framework and prioritise supporting innovations that address health inequalities through our innovator support offer.

Digital innovation has a vital role to play in addressing unfair variation in access, experience and outcomes.

Leaders from across the northern health and care system, NHS England, health foundations and industry came together at HETT North earlier this year, in February, to explore the role of digital and data in addressing health inequalities – with the aim of sharing learnings and creating a list of recommendations that can be shared nationally.

We are pleased to publish the findings from this roundtable event: Forging a more equitable healthy future through digital and data: 6 recommendations to reduce health inequalities.

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