Health Equity Fellowship
Health Equity Fellows work to equip all staff with the knowledge and actions needed to
create a more equitable health and care system.
Health Equity Fellowship Programme
In 2024, we launched the first round of the Health Equity Fellowship programme, appointing 31 fellows who worked on projects aimed at reducing health inequalities. We’re now in the second year of the programme with 16 new fellows committed to making a difference across Humber and North Yorkshire.
What is the Health Equity Fellowship Programme?
The current Fellowship will run between April 2025 and March 2026.
This Programme aims to give Fellows the skills they need to improve population health and reduce health inequalities in their own organisation and across the Humber and North Yorkshire area. It is modelled on and supported by a well-recognised programme in West Yorkshire.
Fellows are expected to dedicate one day a week of their time to attend training and work on a fellowship project.
Projects will be delivered in the applicant’s usual place of work or contribute to wider joined up or system approaches taking place across the area. A summary of some of these projects will be published on this page at the end of the programme in 2026.
Programme objectives
- Identify and respond to health inequity and inequalities.
- Build equity and inequalities champions across Humber and North Yorkshire.
- Create a health equity fellow peer Network.
- Share learning and best practice across Humber and North Yorkshire.
2025-2026 Fellowship Projects:
- Reducing Frequent Attenders: Improving Access to Healthcare for Homeless Individuals in Hull
- Oral Health in Home Schooled 5-11 children
- Cancer awareness in prison population
- Migrant Health: The Net Benefit of an Engaging, Harmonious and Cohesive Workforce
- Community-Led Language Clinics
- Understanding people’s perceptions around alcohol consumption and identify the key drivers behind alcohol misuse
- Health inequalities awareness raising in PCNs and practices
- A holistic approach to reduce health inequalities for sex workers.”
- UECC MECC
- Care leavers and homelessness
- MSK Champions
- Health Equity Menopause Framework
- Enhancing Access to General Practice for Families in need
- Primary care MDT frailty service
- Increasing the uptake of lung cancer screening among people with learning disabilities
