George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust signs up to new levelling up framework

GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST HAS JOINED A GROWING NUMBER OF PURPOSE-LED ORGANISATIONS BY COMMITTING TO A NEW SET OF LEVELLING UP MEASUREMENTS.

In partnership with former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening and former Public Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton, Countess of Chester Hospital will now produce a Levelling Up Impact Report to measure its impact against the Levelling Up Goals.

The Levelling Up Impact Report will highlight best practice at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and identify where even more can be done to spread opportunity in the communities it operates. Established in 2021 with input from businesses, universities, policymakers and regulators, the Purpose Goals are a set of clear objectives for the UK’s levelling up challenge in the wake of Covid-19.

George Eliot Hospital joins a coalition of NHS and public sector organisations measuring their social impact against the goals, as well as a range of businesses within the private sector.

A long-term campaigner on social mobility and levelling up both inside and now outside of Parliament, in 2018 Justine Greening co-founded the Social Mobility Pledge to bring organisations together to improve social mobility. The Purpose Goals are the first major piece of work launched by the most committed of these organisations, the Purpose Coalition.

Justine Greening said: “NHS Trusts play a key role in society by boosting opportunity and driving levelling up in their communities. The health inequalities that exist in different communities across the UK have been highlighted even more following the coronavirus pandemic. We must continue to work together to drive change and ensure that tackling these inequalities becomes a priority across the UK.

“The Purpose Goals give a clear architecture for committed organisations and leaders, such as George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Glen Burley, to measure and articulate their purpose. I’m excited to get started on the work with the team.”