Population Health
Population Health
At East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), we are committed to providing excellent clinical care and to improving the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve in Bedfordshire, Luton, and East London.
This commitment underpins our mission to improve the quality of life for all we serve.
Our aim
For the past five years ELFT has championed a commitment to population health – improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve alongside providing excellent clinical care.
Ways of working include:
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Being a Marmot NHS Trust – using evidence-based principles to test the boundaries of what an NHS Trust can do to tackle some of the drivers of poor health and health inequity
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Setting out and delivering on a Trust Anchor Plan
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Embedding equity in the work of our clinical care teams
The publication of three annual reports in 2023, 2024 and 2025 share our population health work and approach alongside measuring impact.
Improving population health is central to ELFT’s strategy.
Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF)
HWF aims to create a seamless referral pathway for families to access welfare benefits and money advice in the same building as routine health and other appointments.
