Aim:

To work together to increase health equity in Southwest London (SWL). We will do this by tackling health inequalities, health disparities and healthcare inequalities so that every SWL resident irrespective of who they are or where they live are enabled to live longer, healthier and enjoy a good quality of life.

Health Equity as “the absence of unfair and avoidable (or remediable) differences in health among population groups defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically.” Health equity is achieved through reduction of health inequalities, health disparities and healthcare inequalities.

Agreed areas of focus:

- To deliver the aims of the ICP strategy and monitor the progress being made on the reduction of health inequalities and prevention:

• Addressing the wider determinants of health and well-being
• Scaling up innovation to improve outcomes for people in our most deprived areas and our most vulnerable people
• Empowering our communities to improve their health and well-being
• Developing a whole-system approach to healthy weight and reducing obesity
• Maximising the ability of the voluntary and community sector to support people to lead healthier lifestyles
• Developing personalised self-care for people with long-term conditions

- To deliver the aims of the Joint Forward Plan on health inequalities and prevention and monitor the progress being made:

• Improving outcomes for our children, young people and adults in the Core20PLUS5 population
• Developing our health inequalities strategic delivery plan
• Developing our anchor institutions to tackle socio-economic inequalities
• Developing our anti-racism framework to address racial inequalities
• Using data, intelligence and population health management to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities for our population
• Strengthening our community engagement
• Delivering SWL’s statutory equality duties
• Deepening our understanding of our population and health inequalities
• Developing a healthy lifestyles pathway across SWL
• Protecting SWL population from communicable diseases and environmental threats
• Increasing support for the prevention and early diagnosis of chronic conditions

- To promote and embed the use of population health management to improve population health

- To advance health research in the SWL ICS

- To ensure equitable access to high quality and appropriate health care including the Evidence Based Interventions Programme

- To contribute to the ICS performance on the health inequalities components of the CQC ICS annual assessments

Meetings:

Quarterly, online and in person (April, July, October and January)

Membership

Members include Executive Medical Director, SWL ICB (SRO for Health Inequalities & SRO for ICP Prevention workstream), DPH SRO for ICP Prevention workstream, DPH SRO for ICP Health Inequalities, ICP sponsors for the Health Inequalities and Prevention priorities, Director of Health Improvement (ICB & workstreams lead), Directors of Public Health, local authorities, Head of Health Improvement (ICB), Head of Evidence Based Interventions (ICB), SWL Chief Digital Information Officer (ICB), Deputy Director for Quality Improvement (ICB), Place Directors, Senior Representative from South London Partnership, Senior Representative from OHID, London Region, Senior Representative from UKHSA, London Region, Senior Representative from Health Watch, Senior Representative from VCSE

Relevant documents: Terms of Reference (draft)

What we are looking for

A strategic minded CEO/Director/Founder whose voluntary sector organisation works ideally across more than one borough in South West London (Merton, Croydon, Wandsworth, Sutton, Richmond and Kingston). The position might be of interest to a VCSE group working with residents with long term conditions or/and who are older/frail given the focus on actively promoting self care. The person needs to be willing to represent the wider voluntary sector rather than their own organisation and, to do so, to liaise with other organisations through and feed back to the SWL VCSE Alliance Director. They need to regularly attend local VCSE Forums and networks and be well connected with other voluntary sector organisations and their local infrastructure organisation.

Read our Reimbursement policy and the VCSE representative role description.

Reporting to: The Director of the SWL VCSE Alliance, sara.milocco@cvalive.org.uk

Apply: Fill in this form and send to sara.milocco@cvalive.org.uk by Monday 10/3/2025