6.1 Work with the chief executive and executive lead for health inequalities to include a commitment to reducing health inequalities in the trust’s organisational strategy, which reflects national and system requirements alongside local need.
6.2 Embed an equity lens across all organisational priorities, strategic documents and annual planning processes.
6.3 Ensure the trust’s work programme for reducing health inequalities includes engagement and co-production with local communities. Co-production could include with staff, public and patient reference groups, engagement events, or similar mechanisms.
6.4 Develop a strategic focus on the trust’s role as an anchor institution, considering employment opportunities, organisational supply chains, supporting local housing and access to green spaces.
6.5 Work in collaboration with the executive lead for health inequalities, people and estates teams, amongst others, to deliver anchor institutions work.