Guidance and key documents
Guidance and resources to support your work to help reduce inequalities
We have produced a range of guidance for our partners to support their work in reducing health inequalities.
| Published documents | Summary | Link to the document |
|---|---|---|
| The Reducing Inequalities Alliance Annual Report for 2024 | In our second Annual Report from the Reducing Inequalities Alliance, we will be sharing an overview of the activities and impact of our work during 2024. | The Reducing Inequalities Alliance Annual Report 2024 |
| Digital inclusion matrix of needs | This matrix is to support the digital inclusion priority within Bradford District’s digital strategy. It lists some of the main groups and risk factors for digital exclusion | Digital inclusion matrix of needs |
| Digital inclusion matrix of needs (Word / accessible version) | Digital inclusion matrix of needs (accessible/ word version) | |
| The economic argument for tackling health inequalities (Published February 2025) | The social and moral need to reduce health inequalities is widely recognised across our health and social care system. Our briefing explores the economic argument for tackling inequalities in health | The economic argument for tackling health inequalities |
| Inclusion health needs assessment for Bradford District and Craven (Published December 2024) | An inclusion health needs assessment to inform service planning and decision making within the Bradford District and Craven Health & Care Partnership. | Inclusion health needs assessment for Bradford District and Craven |
| Inclusion health needs assessment for Bradford District and Craven, Summary version (Published December 2024) | Summary version of the inclusion health needs assessment for Bradford District and Craven | Inclusion health needs assessment for Bradford District and Craven, Summary version |
| Long term conditions and multimorbidity: A needs assessment from a health inequalities perspective (Published November 2024) | This assessment has been produced to inform the design and delivery of services in Bradford District and Craven. It is intended to provide additional insight and intelligence to partners on the topic of long term conditions and multimorbidity. | Long term conditions and multimorbidity: A needs assessment from a health inequalities perspective |
| How can the NHS and care organisations reduce poverty? | This document sets out what actions NHS and care organisations across Bradford District and Craven can take to prevent and reduce the impact of poverty. The document has been developed in conjunction with the Reducing Inequalities Alliance and Bradford Metropolitan District Council. | How can the NHS and care organisations reduce poverty? |
| Core20Plus5 Theory of Change: A supporting narrative for Bradford District and Craven Core20Plus5 programme (Published November 2024) | This document sets out the evidence-based rationale for the hyper-local preventative approach taken within Bradford District and Craven for the implementation of the Core20Plus5 programme. | Core20Plus5 Theory of Change: A supporting narrative for Bradford District and Craven Core20Plus5 programme |
| Community NHS health check guidance for use in Bradford District and Craven | This guidance is to support the planning and delivery of health checks in community settings. | Community NHS health check guidance for use in Bradford District and Craven |
| Inclusive language - your reference guide | The Inclusive Language Guide is a resource that has been co-designed with partners, representatives and allies from across Bradford District and Craven who specialise in race, gender, LGBTQ+ and disability. It is intended as a reference to help colleagues when communicating with our diverse audiences and communities, with a focus on inclusion and belonging. if you require a plain text version of the guide, please email ria@bradford.nhs.uk. | Inclusive language - your reference guide |
| Reducing Inequalities: Our call to action for Bradford District and Craven | Our call to action document explains the different types of inequalities that exist locally and how you can get involved to be part of the solution. The document is for staff working across our statutory and voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors and for staff who want to improve health and wellbeing locally. | Reducing Inequalities: Our call to action for Bradford District and Craven |
| Reducing inequalities: Actions for NHS organisations and partners in Bradford District and Craven | Organisations at every level in the NHS can play a role in reducing health inequalities. This guide provides a summary of potential actions and how reducing inequalities can be aligned with strategic priorities. | Reducing inequalities: Actions for NHS organisations and partners in Bradford District and Craven |
| The Reducing Inequalities Alliance Annual Report: 2023 | An overview of our progress in 2023. | The Reducing Inequalities Alliance Annual Report: 2023 |
| Our Reducing Inequalities branded slide deck | Our Reducing Inequalities branded slide deck | |
| Graphic to show ‘Healthy Life Expectancy’ | Graphic to show ‘Healthy Life Expectancy’ |
| Core20PLUS5 tools and resources documents | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Core20PLUS5 Progress Report March 2025 | The first in a series of reports on the Core20plus5 health inequalities approach taken in Bradford district and Craven. The adult Core20plus5 programme so far has seen a wide range of activity being undertaken between April 2023 and April 2025. | Core20PLUS5 Progress Report March 2025 |
| Community Partnerships reducing inequalities toolkit | A framework for Community Partnerships to help map out interventions that will help their work to reduce inequalities. | Community Partnerships Reducing Inequalities Toolkit |
| ‘What works’ evidence packs | This document lists interventions to support the delivery of Core20PLUS5 across the national healthcare inequalities programme and provides links to guidance documents. This document lists interventions to support the delivery of Core20PLUS5 across the national healthcare inequalities programme and provides links to guidance documents. | ‘What works’ evidence packs |
| Core20PLUS5 logic model in Bradford District and Craven | A summary of the key healthcare needs to be addressed as well as activities, actions, outputs and outcomes, as part of Core20PLUS5. | Core20PLUS5 logic model in Bradford District and Craven |
| Core20PLUS5 in Bradford District and Craven evaluation plan | Guidance on how partners can: • Accurately record the work of the Core20plus5 programme in Bradford District and Craven. • Capture what aspects of the programme have been vital to its success. • Understand the wider influence the programme has had on the district’s policies and delivery of services. | Core20PLUS5 in Bradford District and Craven evaluation plan |
| Core20PLUS5 – what we will do document | A summary of the key activities we will undertake across Core20PLUS5, the expected outcomes for our populations and which of our community partners we will work with to achieve this. | Core20PLUS5 – what we will do document |
| The Bradford District Inclusion Health Forum hold meetings that are themed around priority health conditions for the district and common vulnerabilities/risk factors, starting with the ‘5’ key clinical areas of the Core20PLUS5 framework. Presentations are available on the following topics: Cancer Mental health (Severe Mental illness) Hypertension Cardiovascular disease Respiratory disease | Inclusion Health (Part of the CORE20PLUS 5) and a focus on the 5 clinical areas The Bradford District Inclusion Health Forum is jointly run between the Reducing Inequalities Alliance and the Public Health Team at Bradford Council. The Forum aims to help reduce inequalities within socially excluded groups. These are defined as the ‘PLUS’ within the Core20PLUS5 framework for adults, who are experiencing multiple disadvantages and unmet needs). The Bradford District Inclusion Health Forum aims to: • raise awareness of evidence and best practice • enable action through partnerships • facilitate a platform for advocacy | • Cancer [September 2024] • Mental Health/ Severe Mental illness [December 2024] • Hypertension and Cardiovascular disease [March 2025 • Respiratory disease [June 2020] |