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“It’s shocking, and it should be”

Good health should be shared with all. It should not be damaged by social or economic disadvantage.

Alongside colleagues from Deep End GM, Shared Health Foundation hosted a day of clinical training for GPs in Greater Manchester working in the Deep End of medicine at our annual Doctors in Deprivation Training Day.

It was a day of laughter, tears, challenge and most of all encouragement to keep going.

“I feel like I’ve spent half a day in Disneyland, and the other half in a puppy graveyard” states journalist Jessica Bradley who attended the conference and has written her reflections on the conference and the GP Training Scheme run by Shared Health.

The video recordings of all the talks can be found on our Youtube channel, please do watch and share with your colleagues.

We are proud to be part of the Deep End Network and look forward to hosting more gatherings to look at the impact of poverty on health in our communities.

For more information about Shared Health please email contact@contactsharedhealth.org.uk

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Doctors in Deprivation Training Day Tuesday 27th June 2023

Join us at our annual education event where we will give Primary Care staff the tools and knowledge to provide an environment in your workplace where everyone has the best chance of living a healthy life, regardless of their circumstances.

The pressures on Primary Care have increased year on year, and there is no sign of this stopping, especially in areas hit the hardest by the pandemic lockdowns, and the rise in cost of living. Amongst talk of “levelling up” and targets to “reduce health inequalities” – what is it we can actually do?

We will explore the challenges faced by those working in areas of deprivation and disadvantaged communities and share the hopeful work organisations in Greater Manchester and beyond are doing to reduce health inequalities and the impact of poverty on health.

Get to grips with the health inequalities that many people face, and how you can help put things right. Learn about the causes and effects of health inequalities, and find out about the ways in which GPs and healthcare staff can do their bit to make a difference.

We hope that after attending your skills, outlook and understanding will have been transformed and you will feel more hopeful in your vital grassroots work.

Tickets to the event are free of charge

Additional information

A certificate of attendance will be awarded digitally to all participants after the training day. This will include CPD Points.

Lunch and refreshments are included. Dietary requirements can be specified on the order form.

The LifeCentre has full disabled access and facilities, including disabled parking, a deaf loop, automatic doors, a lift and disabled toilets on each of the three floors.

Click here to book your free tickets

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Welcome to our podcast ‘Hope in the Deep End‘, brought to you by the Shared Health Foundation.

In this podcast series we are exploring all the different complexities of working in areas of deprivation, poverty and entrenched health inequalities. From clinicians to youth workers, we want to inspire, challenge and give inspiration to all those that work in the deep end.

In this episode we meet Alex Bax, CEO of Pathway. 

Pathway is the UK’s leading homeless healthcare charity; and has helped 11 hospitals in England to create teams who take care of over 3500 homeless patients every year. Pathway also carries out research and provides training through the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health, a network of more than 1700 people who are passionate about healthcare for excluded groups. People who have been homeless are included in every area of our work.

Laura and Alex discuss the welfare state, the impact of shame and what hope we can bring to the most entrenched situations.

Follow us on Twitter @Sharedhealthgm
Want to appear on ‘Hope in the Deep End’? Email us on contact@sharedhealth.org.uk

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Welcome to our podcast ‘Hope in the Deep End’, brought to you by the Shared Health Foundation.

In this podcast series we are exploring all the different complexities of working in areas of deprivation, poverty and entrenched health inequalities. From clinicians to youth workers, we want to inspire, challenge and give inspiration to all those that work in the deep end.