Take a look at the impact project work
A range of project work is being undertaken in priority areas within and across Mayoral Regions to understand and capitalise on opportunities to improve health and reduce inequalities.
This work is being delivered through the MRP central team and CA embedded posts, ensuring that value is added to business-as-usual activities.
Central team core work
Throughout delivery year 1 the MRP central team has been focused on the following priority thematic work areas:
- Work and Health
- Health in All Policies (HiAP) and other approaches to maximise regional potential to address health inequalities
- Work and Health
- Political landscapes and Devolution
As part of the MRP central team’s ‘core’ activity, the following outputs have been disseminated to cross-regional colleagues regarding priority thematic work areas:
Health in All Policies:
- A Health in All Policies Toolkit for Mayoral Regions to facilitate understanding and implementation of HiAP levers, strategy, monitoring and evaluation. We are hosting a launch event on the Health Equity Network on Thursday the 27th of March 2025.
- The central team is now working with West Midlands, West Yorkshire, North East and other interested MRs to support the implementation of HiAP within their regional contexts.
- You can access and download the Toolkit and self-assessment tools using the buttons below:
Work and Health:
- Rapid evidence reviews on economic inactivity
- Insights papers on mayoral region employment support
- Policy briefing on the Get Britain Working white paper
- Peer learning webinars and follow-up insight summaries
Political landscapes and devolution:
- Pre-election mayoral manifesto mapping
- Post-mayoral and national election manifesto and policy landscape mapping
- Autumn budget briefing
- Cross-regional meetings to discuss post-election opportunities for collective action and advocacy
- Policy and devolution landscape horizon scanning summary
Embedded post projects
Greater Manchester CA:
- A strategy and partnerships manager is working with CA and wider system partners to mobilise a system-wide approach to addressing increasing levels of economic inactivity resulting from poor health amongst those aged 50 - 64yrs.
North East CA:
- A senior programme manager for health inequalities is working with CA and wider system partners to identify opportunities for action on social determinants of health and embedding these in existing political priorities and workplans, as well as developing the appropriate political oversight and mechanisms for improving health and tackling inequalities and strengthening collaboration between CA and health system colleagues.
Research and insights partner
CLES and TKF published the following Research and Insight Partner output in October 2024:
They are currently undertaking further consultation with CA and wider system colleagues to distil more in-depth devolution learning across several key policy areas.
Further project updates
To get the latest MRP updates and access a range of programme-related outputs and insights, please join our online learning network.
You can sign up to the Health Equity Network via this link: Request to join | The Health Equity Network
And then request to join the MRP group here: https://healthequitynetwork.co.uk/topics/46794/feed