What we do
About us
We are a research collaboration, based mainly within universities, with a passion to eliminate health and care inequalities through high quality evidence and innovation. We believe that everyone should be able to enjoy good health and the highest standard of healthcare. Our work draws on the latest machine learning software and is made possible through funding from the NHS.
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Making Health in All Policies a reality: A call for Health Impact Assessments across government to improve health and address health inequalities
In this evidence brief, we examine the current state of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in the UK and their potential to reduce health inequalities. HIAs are essential to the Health in All Policies approach, which integrates health considerations across government. We offer recommendations to increase HIA use, emphasising the need for stronger leadership and dedicated resources to fully embed HIAs in national policy-making.
Exploring the impact of dispensing practicing on equity in NHS payments to general practices
General practices serving the most deprived populations receive less funding per weighted patient than those serving the least deprived. Here we show that this inequality is driven by a higher concentration of dispensing practices in more affluent areas.
Blogs
Expansion of our Living Evidence Maps
We’re delighted to say that we are expanding our Living Evidence Maps. Until recently, the maps have only included systematic reviews and umbrella reviews. However, we have now mapped the available research from primary studies and included these too. We already have over 480 systematic and umbrella reviews and have now added more than 570 […]
“The more we know about ourselves the more we can grow as a people”
In this blog, Sharon Cumberbatch, an NHS nurse, shares her life story as a first-generation black British Caribbean, a health care trainee and a health care professional. In honour of Black History Month, Sharon reflects on the aspirations that have driven her in life, her experiences of systemic racism but also experiences of solidarity. She highlights the importance of learning – about the world but also about our own and others’ histories – as the cornerstone of caring communities.