Insight Webinar with IPC Partners - Addressing healthcare inequalities in IPC

Aired on 15 April 2026

 Health inequalities have a profound and growing impact on infectious disease risk, outcomes, and healthcare utilisation - yet they are rarely embedded into routine IPC practice. In this Insight Webinar, Kerry Holden (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) joins Jon Otter and Phil Norville to explore how healthcare inequalities intersect with infection prevention and control, and what IPC professionals can do differently to reduce avoidable harm.

 IPC Partners is a collaborative of experts providing infection prevention information and solutions to healthcare providers and corporate partners. The Infection Prevention Society is a membership society that strives to fulfil its vision of a world where no person is harmed by a preventable infection by supporting, improving, engaging, and impacting positively to influence and improve evidence-based IPC practice, for the benefit of all. The Healthcare Infection Society represents a broad membership of experts in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections, and aims to advance knowledge, foster scientific interest and share information about the field.  

This webinar is aimed at: 

Infection Prevention & Control professionals, clinicians, and laboratory teams. The webinar will equip attendees with the latest insights to support rapid recognition, effective response, and preparedness.

Speaker: Kerry Holden (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

Convenors: Dr. Jon Otter & Dr Phil Norville.

What This Webinar Covers:

• How deprivation, ethnicity, and social exclusion influence infection risk and outcomes
• What the evidence tells us about inequalities in AMR, respiratory infections, and vaccine-preventable disease
• Inclusion health groups and their disproportionate burden of infectious disease
• Why “one-size-fits-all” IPC approaches can worsen inequity
• Practical, real-world examples of targeted prevention (including oral health, TB screening, and community outreach)
• How IPC teams can use their data, partnerships, and influence to make a meaningful difference.
• This webinar is designed to be practical, challenging, and empowering, with clear take‑home messages for IPC teams working across acute, community, and system-wide settings. 

About This Webinar Series:

This is the fourth in a series of IPC Insight Webinars running throughout 2026. All sessions are CPD‑accredited by the Royal College of Pathologists and aim to provide concise expert overviews, stimulate discussion and build a global community of infection prevention enthusiasts. You can see the programme of webinars and their Journal Club cousins here: https://ipcpartners.org/learn-with-us/