Shared Leadership for Change (BME) Case studies and learning from a programme to improve the quality of care for people from black and minority ethnic groups

Our Shared Leadership for Change: Improving the quality of care for people from black and minority ethnic groups programme was launched in 2007 with the aim of helping cross-sector groups work together to improve services for local BME communities. The programme funded six shared leadership teams to set up and run projects to meet this aim.

The six projects were:

Blackburn and Darwen: Re-shape 

By raising awareness and providing services more culturally in tune with its community, Blackburn with Darwen’s experienced, multi-disciplinary team has increased local South Asian women’s participation in sports and leisure activities.
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Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster

Working closely with community organisations, an experienced team from Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster has improved access to primary care services for their local BME communities, and has researched and recommended an alternative way of commissioning these services.
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Oldham: Don’t lose sight of diabetes

Working across organisational and sector boundaries, Oldham’s shared leadership team has improved care for Pakistani and Bangladeshi people living with diabetes by increasing attendance at retinopathy screening appointments, and providing education on screening and lifestyle management.
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Sheffield: Enhancing Pathways into Care for African and Caribbean services users (EPIC II)

A cross-sector team in Sheffield has improved access to mental health services and the quality of care for African and Caribbean patients in the area, after research highlighted the community’s poor experience of the service. 
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Wakefield: Shared Leadership for Change (Health Inequalities)

By engaging with the community and increasing the cultural awareness of healthcare professionals, Wakefield’s strategic-level shared leadership team has worked with frontline staff to improve access to mental health services for BME communities in the area.
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Walsall: Walsall Shared Leadership Scheme

By radically re-designing services, engaging with the community and developing an innovative partnership approach, a multi-disciplinary team in Walsall has significantly improved maternity care for their local BME population.
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