About the Health Equity Assessment Tool programme
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) has refreshed the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT) developed by Public Health England (PHE) to enable professionals and communities to systematically identify and address health inequalities and equity in their work programmes or services. This elearning supports the use of the tool, providing the context and purpose, outlining the benefits of using the tool, and taking the learner step-by-step through each stage of the tool. It also provides a general introduction to health inequalities and equity, as well as, examples of good practice
Alongside this elearning, you may find the tool and additional resources on the OHID HEAT website
For enquiries relating the operation of the tool email HEAT-Tool@DHSC.gov.uk
The intended audience for HEAT is a wide range of professionals who want to make a difference in relation to inequalities and equality in their services and work programmes. This includes professionals working at national and local level in public health, health and social care and other public sector duties such as Housing and Education, in service delivery as well as strategy and commissioning. The tool can also be of benefit to managers of third sector organisations and community groups.
HEAT is a tool consisting of a series of questions and prompts, which are designed to help you systematically assess health inequalities related to your work programme and identify what you can do to help reduce inequalities. The HEAT helps consideration of the equity issues to be addressed for a population in the planning or preparatory stages of programme or service development. It will help you to consider the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and will assist you to demonstrate compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).
It provides an easy-to-follow template which can be applied flexibly to suit your work programme. Its specific prompts ensure consideration of multiple dimensions of health inequalities.
This publication is an essential guide for those working in the health and public health arenas to apply a strong inequalities and equity focus to their work.
Duration: 20 minutes
This elearning module has been jointly developed with OHID Centres and Regions and the wider audience of stakeholders.
More information
This work was commissioned to increase the capacity in the system to systematically address health inequalities and equity. It is designed to facilitate the use of the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT) and drive improvements.
These resources will also be helpful in developing Incident recovery plans and in service commissioning or business planning cycles.
This elearning has been developed by working closely with a range of professionals and HEAT users to ensure that it is user-friendly, digital and fit for purpose among multiple audiences.
How to access
To access this elfh programme, you will require a Learning Hub account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below. Note that if you hold a full elfh account, you can sign into the Learning Hub using your existing login credentials.
To view the Health Equity Assessment Tool programme, select the View button below. If you already have a Learning Hub account, you will also be able to login and access the resources within the programme.
NHS healthcare staff in England – ESR
The Health Equity Assessment Tool programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this e-learning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.
Further details about the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access to the Learning Hub, you may be able to access the service if you have an existing OpenAthens account. Please go to Learning Hub and sign in with your existing credentials.
If you do not have an existing OpenAthens account, please contact elfh directly to check whether you may be eligible for access.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Health Equity Assessment Tool programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
This programme is available on the NHS Learning Hub. We recommend you read the information on this webpage to find out more about the programme before you access the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT) learning
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the Learning Hub