Creating change for the people of Dorset

The Virtual Academy

Dorset Health Inequalities Group is a multi-agency group which oversees our work on health inequalities, supporting our approach to reducing health inequalities through raising awareness, creating learning and development opportunities and supporting services to think differently to create new ways of delivery.

Overview of health inequalities in Dorset

Statistics in life expectancy and population from Dorset’s Integrated Care System for a broader overview on how the health inequalities compares in the Dorset region.

Understanding health inequalities in Dorset

With resources for the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT) and Health Inequality Reports, which provide data on health disparities across the region, offering insights.

What you can do to tackle health inequalities

In this section you can find out more on what you can do to tackle health inequalities, from events to the virtual academy.

Introducing health literacy in Dorset

Health literacy is about fairness and sharing power between patients and healthcare professionals. Find out more about health literacy and explore real-life examples.

The Virtual Academy

The Virtual Academy, aims to address inequalities in health outcome and promote access to healthcare with written, video, and podcast materials to learn more.

Did not attend (DNA)

The Did Not Attend (DNA) project in Dorset aims to understand what causes people to miss healthcare appointments and what we can do about it in Dorset.