Last Updated: 2025-08-22 15:10:11
FHFA In Action
Fairer Health for All builds on neighbourhood, locality and system action and intelligence across Greater Manchester to tackle inequalities. Check out the many different ways Fairer Health for All is in action across the Greater Manchester system.
Our Five Year Joint Forward Plan sets out our whole-system approach to prevention and our pan-GM commitments against each of the six missions in the GM Integrated Care Partnership Strategy, each requiring continued coordinated action at all levels.
View our Fairer Health for All Delivery Plan, monitored via the FHFA Oversight Group. This delivery plan outlines the Greater Manchester system-wide commitments in 2024/25 to implement the FHFA framework. It also details how we will meet NHS planning guidance regards health inequalities and fulfil our statutory equalities commitments.
To understand how Fairer Health for All is embedded within the work of our ten GM locality areas, take a look at their Locality Plans.
Live Well is Greater Manchester’s movement for community-led health and wellbeing, supporting healthier, happier and fairer communities by growing opportunities for everyone to Live Well.
See Fairer Health for All in action through population health themes. Our GM System Priorities pages explore these themes showcasing our city-region approach to Population Health.
GM as an Anchor System partnerships and networks include large public sector and VCFSE organisations which are rooted in place and connected to their communities, such as universities, local authorities, VCFSE infrastructure organisations and hospitals.
The NHS GM Health Inequalities Statement summarises the progress on our systemwide actions on prevention and proactive care and approaches to reducing health inequalities.
Fairer Health for All regularly hold Locality Learning Events where localities have the opportunity to share local insight, initiatives and learning, promoting Fairer Health for All and providing an opportunity to hear, learn and see how we can continue to work to reduce health inequalities as part of the Principles of Fairer Health for All.
The Population health in Greater Manchester: The journey so far report published by national think tank The King’s Fund highlights Greater Manchester as a national leader in population health, describing it as “the poster child for devolution” in England. It recognises the city-region’s long-term commitment, shared vision, and investment in leadership and capability to improve wellbeing, prevent illness, and help people live good lives.
Delivering on the GM ICP Strategy Missions
See below for how we’re delivering on these missions; Strengthening our communities, Helping people get into, and stay in, good work, Recovering core NHS and care services, Helping people stay well and detecting illness earlier, Supporting our workforce and our carers, and Achieving financial sustainability.
Strengthening our communities
Helping people to stay well and detecting illness earlier
Helping people to get into, and stay in, good work
Supporting our workforce and our carers at home
Achieving financial sustainability
Stories of Change
Building on the above Greater Manchester ICP Strategy Missions, we have begun to gather more case studies of Fairer Health for All in action. Visit our Stories of Change page.