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Policy and Influencing Health and Social Care System

Systems Not Structures: changing health and social care

Published On: 25th October 2016

By: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

This report, often referred to as the Bengoa Report (after the Chair, Professor Rafael Bengoa), is a landmark 2016 expert panel review commissoned by the Department of Health. It puts forward the argument that the health and social care system needs to change, patient pathways need to be modernised and focus needs to be on prevention, integrated care and accountable care systems.

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Health Equity Health Inequalities

Published on: 16th September 2026

Skills and Health Inequalities in London

Jamaica Noferini et al. rapid evidence review looks at skills programmes across London and how it could be strengthened. The paper looks at the links between skills and health, skills and health in England, data and information gaps, skills in London and inequalities in skills and access to programmes in London, focusing on single parents and carers, people with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, older Londoners and speakers of other languages. The review has numerous examples of successful projects.

Published on: 25th March 2020

Health Inequalities Factsheet Northern Ireland 2020

Infographic summary of the Department of Health's Annual Report 2020 on the health inequality gaps between the most well off and least well deprived areas of Northern Ireland, and within Health and Social Care Trust and Local Government District areas. Data on seven health related indicators are presented: hospital activity, pregnancy and early years, alcohol, drugs and smoking, mental health and wellbeing, premature mortality, life expectancy and general health, major diseases and conditions.

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Community Development Community Engagement

Published on: 16th September 2026

Guide to Engagement Methods

This guide details nineteen engagement method and which are most appropriate for achieving different levels of engagement as set out by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) from ‘informing’ to ‘empowering’. This guide discussed the strengths, weaknesses and appropriateness of each method and includes useful tips to practically apply each technique.

Health Equity Health Inequalities

Published on: 16th September 2026

Skills and Health Inequalities in London

Jamaica Noferini et al. rapid evidence review looks at skills programmes across London and how it could be strengthened. The paper looks at the links between skills and health, skills and health in England, data and information gaps, skills in London and inequalities in skills and access to programmes in London, focusing on single parents and carers, people with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, older Londoners and speakers of other languages. The review has numerous examples of successful projects.

Published on: 25th March 2020

Health Inequalities Factsheet Northern Ireland 2020

Infographic summary of the Department of Health's Annual Report 2020 on the health inequality gaps between the most well off and least well deprived areas of Northern Ireland, and within Health and Social Care Trust and Local Government District areas. Data on seven health related indicators are presented: hospital activity, pregnancy and early years, alcohol, drugs and smoking, mental health and wellbeing, premature mortality, life expectancy and general health, major diseases and conditions.

Guides/Factsheets/Toolkits

Community Development Community Engagement

Published on: 16th September 2026

Guide to Engagement Methods

This guide details nineteen engagement method and which are most appropriate for achieving different levels of engagement as set out by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) from ‘informing’ to ‘empowering’. This guide discussed the strengths, weaknesses and appropriateness of each method and includes useful tips to practically apply each technique.

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