About this action

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities experience some of the starkest health inequalities of any ethnic group in the UK, yet are often invisible in health data. Proactive outreach and cultural understanding are essential. Approaches to implementation: - Ensure ethnicity recording includes specific categories for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people - Build relationships with local Traveller sites and community advocates - Offer flexible registration that accommodates diverse lifestyles - Provide hand-held records to support continuity across different services - Address discrimination by ensuring zero-tolerance policies explicitly include anti-Gypsy, Roma and Traveller prejudice Key benefits: Begins to address the severe health inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, builds trust with groups who have experienced healthcare discrimination, and improves health data to make inequalities visible.