At Better Health MCR, we’re passionate about breaking barriers and improving lives. With practices in Rusholme, Moss Side and Longsight, we serve a beautifully diverse community from numerous backgrounds. With over 100 spoken languages within the PCN, it’s important we know the barriers our patients face, and try to develop ways to overcome them so patients are able to access the care they deserve.
We’re proud to announce that Better Health MCR is making history, with its GP practices being the first in the country to achieve the Black Health Improvement Programme (BHIP) Silver Accreditation, and as a group, it is also the first Primary Care Network (PCN) nationally to earn this recognition!
The programme, that has been created and delivered by Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN), is set to help remedy long-standing health and wellbeing inequities which have existed for decades. To find out more about the Black Health Improvement Programme and how you can join, click here.
On Monday 9th December, some of the Better Health MCR team were joined by representatives from CAHN for a celebration of our joint success.
The event was kickstarted with a speech by Rev Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer of CAHN, that focussed on the partnership between the teams. Dr Faye Ruddock, Chair and Founder of CAHN, then took the microphone to talk further about health inequalities and why the Black Health Improvement Programme was an integral part of creating an inclusive way of working within healthcare. Before the teams received their certificates, Dr Sakinat Baiyewu shared her heartfelt joy in the PCN being awarded silver status, and wished us luck on our way to gold.
The PCN was awarded bronze status by CAHN in August 2023, and quickly moved on to working towards the silver accreditation. We’re now in the process of making history again, and becoming the first Primary Care Network to be awarded gold status.