Read: North Cumbria Integrated Care commits to levelling up framework
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) has joined a growing number of organisations by committing to a new system of measuring social impact.
As part of the project, NCIC will produce a Levelling Up Impact Report to measure its impact using the Levelling Up Goals. Produced in partnership with former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening and former Public Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton, the report will identify the trust’s strengths and areas where more can be done to help level up local communities.
Established last year, the Levelling Up Goals cover key life stages and provide a clear benchmark for organisations to benchmark their activity against.
A number of NHS and public sector organisations are now measuring their social impact against the goals, as well as a range of private sector businesses and universities.
A long-term campaigner on levelling up, in 2018 Justine Greening co-founded the Social Mobility Pledge to bring organisations together to improve social mobility. The Levelling Up Goals are the first major piece of work developed by the most committed of these organisations, the Purpose Coalition.
Justine Greening said: “NHS organisations play a key role in their local communities by spreading opportunity and driving levelling up. The health inequalities that exist in different communities across the UK have been further highlighted following the coronavirus pandemic and now is the time for action.
“The Levelling Up Goals give a clear architecture for committed organisations and leaders, such as NCIC and Lyn Simpson, to measure and articulate their purpose and impact. We’re looking forward to working with the team.”
Lyn Simpson, Chief Executive of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation, said “North Cumbria is a place where extremes of privilege and poverty sit side by side. We are passionate about tackling inequalities in life chances and access to healthcare in the communities we serve, and I am very proud that NCIC is joining the levelling up challenge.”