Haringey Teaching PCT
About Us
The population of Haringey is amongst the most ethnically diverse in the country, including Caribbean, African, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Turkish communities to name a few. There are over 190 languages spoken in the borough. A recent study of the N15 postcode area suggested that there were more than 105 ethnic groups living there. According to the census 55% of the population were classified as not being white British. Haringey has a large transient population making it difficult to target work on particular communities.
Our BME population faces big issues . . .
Poverty and Mobility: people from BME communities tend to live in the poorer Eastern side of the Borough and are not always aware of what healthcare is available.
The scale of diversity means it is difficult to target services appropriately.
Our workforce needs . . .
Cultural sensitivity: Our staff need to be culturally sensitive to the needs of our patients. This can provide challenging with the constant stream of new arrivals to our Borough.
Adaptability: There can be sudden changes in the nature of populations. For example an increase of people from Eastern European Countries in recent years.
We’re proud of . . .
Our links with the community: the Health for Haringey project is now into its fifth year and over 2,000 people mainly from BME communities have benefited from physical activity classes including salsa, yoga, netball and belly dancing! A Turkish speaking Expert Patient Programme has begun and up until April 2008, over 100 people have benefited from these tailored education sessions.
As part of our Peer Review in November 2007 focus groups were undertaken with our workforce and as a result an action plan developed to help staff move up the ranks to senior levels.
An Equality Impact Assessment of our Primary Care Strategy was undertaken and presented at Board level. The recommendations included a review of transport services which is being undertaken.
Next steps . . .
To develop work on Patient Profiling and Equality Impact Assessment over the next twelve months.
To involve community leaders in the work of the TPCT and encourage people to apply for positions as Non Executive Directors when posts become available.
Programme Lead:
Michele Daniels
Head of Diversity and Health
020 8442 6820