NICE and health inequalities

Strategies to help you improve population health as a whole, while offering particular benefit to the most disadvantaged.

Reducing health inequalities is a core part of our DNA. In fact it’s one of our core principles.

How NICE can support you in tackling health inequalities

Our content on health inequalities will support you to:

  • plan for service provision and commissioning

  • meet recommendations made in national reviews, inquiries or reports

  • make efficient use of resources

  • promote the social wellbeing of your communities

  • help build business cases.

Using our recommendations

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    Maternity and neonatal health

    Find out how your organisation can tackle health inequality issues around maternity services, using recommendations from NICE.

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    Cardiovascular disease

    Find out how your organisation can use a range of products to address health inequalities in cardiovascular prevention, treatment and outcomes.

By incorporating NICE's recommendations into your work, you can ensure the care you provide is effective, reduces inequalities and makes efficient use of resources.
Mary Hill

Mary HillDeputy director, Policy and Sector Insights Healthcare Inequalities Improvement, NHS England

Mary Hill

Health inequalities: the wider picture

Find out more about health inequalities, and how we use a range of national models and expert knowledge to support you in tackling these issues.

Discover more about the national approach