The idea behind this Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Good Practice Guide is to create an accessible but detailed guide to conducting effective Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) for local authorities, the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and residents, with a view to it also being helpful for National Health Service (NHS) and other public service staff.

Tower Hamlets is celebrated for its rich history and diversity, however, in the shadow of this diversity are stark inequalities that significantly impact the health and well-being of residents.

The Improving Equity Programme is a collaborative initiative that aims to tackle the health and social inequalities in Tower Hamlets. It provides funding, training and support to local projects using Quality Improvement (QI) methods to address complex and systemic issues affecting the wellbeing of the community.

Learn about the various projects that took place in 2023/24

In May 2022 Integrated Commissioning formed the Tower Hamlets Unpaid Carers co-production in order to use the expertise and experience of unpaid carers to help shape a number of initiatives related to unpaid carers. This included a new Unpaid Carers Service and Unpaid Carers Emergency Service, which will be in place from 1 April 2024.

During the academic year 2022/23, the GP Care Group School Health Team, The Child Healthy Weight Team, and the council’s Healthy Children and families Public Health team worked together on a Quality Improvement project to review and improve the delivery of our local National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).

In 2019 the Darzi Seeds of Change Project took root on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets. The project began life in 2019 when Darzi Fellow and ‘System Wanderer and Maven’ Meera Kapadia, embarked on her Fellowship.

The DIY Health model was co-created by Bromley by Bow Health Partnership (BBBHP, Tower Hamlets, London) in partnership with the community it serves in response to a need identifiable across most general practices across the country.

At our most recent THT Board meeting on the 7th May, partners discussed numerous examples of how strong partnership working, innovation and commitment across the borough have contributed strongly to our local Covid-19 response.