Dr Ruw Abeyratne, Dr Katie Malbon and Dr Aicha Bouraoui discuss how health inequalities affect patients’ access to care, especially in planned services. They discuss how rigid systems, social stressors, and lack of empowerment make it hard for people, particularly adolescents and vulnerable adults to attend appointments. Promotion advocacy for patient-centred approaches with flexible service models in communities that improve access and reduce emergency care reliance.
Action on health inequality: Access to health services
Financial support has been provided to the Royal College of Physicians as a grant from Pfizer Ltd.
