Barts Health NHS Trust
Rt Hon Anne Milton’s Purpose Health Coalition has published a report outlining the social impact of Barts Health NHS Trust against an innovative set of levelling up measures.
The Levelling Up Impact Report measures Barts Health’s activity against the Levelling Up Goals - a framework designed to focus efforts on driving equality of opportunity at key life stages.
The report highlights a number of key strengths which see the trust leading the way on the levelling up agenda and spreading opportunity. These include:
Successful school and college years - its Healthcare Horizons programme works with children from year 10 onwards to educate them on the careers available within the NHS. Activity includes career talks at schools, parents evening, mentoring career events or webinars and virtual work experience.
Good health and wellbeing - Barts Health is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of its staff. There are wellbeing hubs at all hospitals within the trust, funded by Barts Charity, and designated leads to deliver the wellbeing programme.
Achieve equality through diversity and inclusion - Barts Health has one of the most diverse workforces within the NHS with 56 per cent coming from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. Barts Health has diverse recruitment policies, specific career development training and opportunities for groups of staff and diversity networks to ensure that opportunity is spread evenly for all.
Read the full story of the launch here.