Common purpose / How care is organised
Inequalities
Outcomes still track deprivation and ethnicity. Marmot, Cass, the COVID inquiry and the Amos investigation each treat inequality as part of safety, not a separate programme.
11 reviews · 8 recommendations
Reviews, most recent first
- 2026Amos maternity investigation
Baroness Valerie Amos
- 2026Ockenden, Nottingham
Donna Ockenden
- 202510 Year Health Plan
Department of Health and Social Care
- 2024COVID Inquiry, Module 1
Baroness Hallett
- 2024Cass review
Dr Hilary Cass
- 2024Darzi investigation
Lord Darzi of Denham
- 2022Messenger review
General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard
- 2020Cumberlege review
Baroness Cumberlege
- 2015Mazars, Southern Health
Mazars
- 2014Five Year Forward View
Simon Stevens
- 2010Marmot review
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
What they asked for
Reduce inequalities in maternity and neonatal care, and give families a route to accountability.
NHS England
Use a workforce method that reflects complexity and deprivation, not birth numbers alone.
NHS England
Shift care from hospital to neighbourhood, from paper and siloed systems to digital, and from treating sickness to prevention.
NHS and government
Build inequality into pandemic planning rather than treating it as a later finding.
Government
Use the diagnosis as the brief for a ten-year plan built on community, digital and prevention.
Government
Shift effort towards prevention and a radical upgrade in public health.
NHS and government
Give every child the best start, and make work and places healthier.
Government
Resource action in proportion to need, rather than offering the same input everywhere.
Government and NHS