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<p>The Inclusion Health programme seeks to improve the way we meet the health needs
of some of the most vulnerable groups, including Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. We
set up the National Inclusion Health Board, an expert group to provide focus and leadership
on the needs of those most vulnerable to poor health outcomes. The board has published
guidance on commissioning inclusive health services by ensuring local planning tools
– such as the joint strategic needs assessment – are sufficiently comprehensive to
take account of the needs of these groups. It has also sought to identify these groups
in data collections across the country to provide the intelligence needed to support
health and wellbeing strategies for these groups. Other work is in hand, on some of
the social circumstances that shape the health outcomes of Gypsies, Travellers and
Roma, and on the education and training of health professionals for working with these
vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have introduced an Equality Delivery
System toolkit to help National Health Service organisations comply with the public
sector equality duty. This toolkit is designed to support NHS commissioners and providers
to deliver better outcomes for all patients and communities, including those from
ethnic minority groups. It allows NHS organisations to monitor their equality performance
jointly with their patients, communities and staff, in regard to each of the nine
characteristics given protection under the 2010 Equality Act, including race.</p><p>
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