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Taking steps to reduce health inequalities
Taking steps to reduce health inequalities
We know that, for many years, people from Black African and Black Caribbean communities have poorer access, experiences and outcomes from mental health services.
The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework aims to change this and we are pleased at Oxleas to be an early adopter of this scheme. The framework provides a collaborative approach to achieving anti-racism and equity for minority communities; and improve their experiences of care in mental health services. More information is available at NHS England » Advancing mental health equalities
Our work in this area is being led by Taf Marapara, Lead for PCREF and Service User Health Inequalities. He will be discussing with teams across the trust how we can make real improvements to address this across all our services. Part of the Oxleas overall strategic aim is to reduce inequalities across the trust for service users, carers and staff. The programme will be broad but one of the first areas to improve is making sure equality data (related to ethnicity and other protected characteristics) about our service users, carers and staff is recorded.
More information on our strategy is available here.
Media enquiries
The communications team provides a point of contact for journalists to respond to all media enquiries.
We are happy to help journalists represent the trust accurately, so please do get in touch to ensure your facts and information are up-to-date before publishing your story.
Our media team is responsible for:
- Responding to media queries
- Arranging interviews with our nationally and internationally renowned experts who can talk about some of the trust’s specialist topics
For all media enquiries Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, please email oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net where a member of the team will review and action your request.
If you have an urgent enquiry outside of office hours or at the weekend, please contact our director on call via the Bracton Centre switchboard on 01322 294300.
Filming and photography requests
We receive documentary, location and broadcast filming requests on a regular basis – we consider all proposals on an individual basis and will try to accommodate proposals where possible, if appropriate.
No photography or filming is permitted without prior arrangement and agreement. Our patients always come first and we have a duty to protect their safety and confidentiality. Anyone found filming or taking photographs on the trust premises without the permission of the trust’s communications team will be asked to leave by the security department and may face prosecution.
Unless agreed otherwise, film crews and photographers must be accompanied by a member of the Communications Team at all times.
Contact: oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net
