Health Inequalities Resources

Prevent Breast Cancer - Health Inclusion Hub

On this page you can find useful information about breast cancer prevention and early diagnosis.

Prevent

We welcome community groups and health professionals to share this information.

“My Perfect Appointment” is a co-designed, co-delivered and co-produced film created alongside people with learning disabilities, carers, and healthcare stakeholders. Together, we set out to show what a truly perfect appointment can look like — especially when it comes to cancer screening. This video highlights the key elements, practical tips, and small changes that make a big difference for patients with learning disabilities.

This document presents a coordinated framework for improving cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and end of life car within the criminal justice system in the West Midlands.

Cancer Research UK have produced guidance about inequalities in access to bowel cancer screening, common barriers to participation, and a tool to help you assess interventions for improving informed uptake.

Many GPs and their teams are already committed to advancing health equity. But it’s not always clear what steps to take, which actions make the greatest difference, or how to turn good intentions into sustainable change.

The Widget Symbol Support Tool for Cancer has been created to help people with learning disabilities and autism understand information about cancer in a clear, simple, and supportive way.

The SMOG Readability Calculator helps people check how easy a piece of writing is to read. It gives a score that shows what reading age or school level someone would need to understand the text.

OUTpatients is the UK’s only LGBTIQ+ cancer charity. If you’re working with people in the LGBTIQ+ community affected by cancer, you can explore resources from OUTpatients - the UK's LGBTIQ+ Cancer Charity.

This course aims to inform GPs about the experiences of Black women with breast cancer.

This workspace a variety of helpful resources and includes the recording of a presentation from 19 May which gives insight on how you can use different Health Literacy tools.

Professionals' area

Health Inclusion Resource Hub

My Perfect Appointment

Criminal Justice - Model ways of working

Addressing inequalities in bowel cancer screening

Fairer Practice Toolkit

The Widget Symbol Support Tool for Cancer

Information is only useful if people understand it - SMOG helps

OUTpatients

Diagnosing Breast Cancer in Black women

Health Literacy