Web site: What drives health inequalities? Evidence hub

www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub

The What drives health inequalities? evidence hub brings together data and insight highlighting how the circumstances in which we live shape our opportunities for healthy lives. 

Provided by The Health Foundation, the site explores these social and economic circumstances. It brings together a wide range of data and insight to explore:

• why circumstances such as our housing, transport and work matter for health
• the trends and inequalities that need to be addressed to build a fairer, healthier society.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the wider governmental and societal response, have brought health inequalities into sharp focus. 

The evidence hub explores long-term trends in the factors that drive health inequalities. Much of the analysis uses large official data sources that have a significant time lag, meaning that they currently do not capture the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Each topic has a section exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, using emerging evidence and research. As we update the evidence hub we will be introducing more analysis exploring the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities.