Core20PLUS ambassadors
The National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme has completed 2 cohorts of the Core20PLUS Ambassador Programme with a third cohort being recruited for 2024/25.
Approximately 250 Core20PLUS ambassadors have now been trained to promote the importance of reducing inequalities across the healthcare system and to drive this important agenda forward. This builds on over 130 ambassadors that were recruited in 2022/23 as part of cohort 1. During 2023/24 we also launched a successful cohort of healthcare inequalities finance fellows (HIFFs), in partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and in 2024/25 we are planning to build on this approach with new collaborations with partners including NHS Charities Together.
Ambassadors are people working within the NHS and wider systems who are committed to narrowing healthcare inequalities and ensuring equitable access, excellent experience, and optimal outcomes for all – particularly Core20PLUS populations who are more likely to experience healthcare inequalities. These include people living in areas of high deprivation, ethnic minority communities and inclusion health groups.
The ambassadors will be supported to enhance their knowledge, skills and insights to tackle healthcare inequalities and form local, regional and national networks with others who seek to improve healthcare inequalities.
Ambassadors will be offered platforms to actively develop their influencing skills and network to champion healthcare inequality improvement and will form an expert reference group for regional and national bodies seeking to narrow healthcare inequalities.
A range of development opportunities will be available to support ambassadors in their role.
Enquiries about the Core20PLUS Ambassadors Programme should be directed to england.core20plusambassador@nhs.net
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