STRUCTURAL RACISM, ETHNICITY AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN LONDON - Executive summary

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW The review is intended to support and encourage efforts to tackle racism and its impacts from a public health perspective, but the breadth of the social determinants of health means that recommendations are for the many sectors and stakeholders in London that have potential to combat racism and its impacts. [...] (11) RACISM AND ETHNIC INEQUALITIES IN THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Health is largely shaped by factors outside the health care system, the social determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and the distribution of power, money and resources which shape the conditions of daily life. [...] RACISM AND ETHNIC INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE There are longstanding and significant concerns about ethnic inequalities in access to NHS services and experiences of discrimination and racism, particularly in maternity and mental health services. [...] P ublic health to take a leading role in highlighting the impacts of racism in health and the social determinants and in putting racial equity at the heart of policy and interventions. [...] 23 STRUCTURAL RACISM, ETHNICITY AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN LONDON - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS RECOMMENDATIONS: STRENGTHEN THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF ILL HEALTH PREVENTION 1 Ensure that the focus of the public health system incorporates the fundamental role of social determinants, ethnicity and experiences of discrimination and racism in shaping health.