NICE and health inequalities

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

Reducing health inequalities is one of our core principles.

How NICE can support you in tackling health inequalities

Our content on health inequalities will support you to:

  • promote the social wellbeing of your communities

  • improve healthcare access, experience and outcomes for those who are unfairly disadvantaged

  • plan for service provision and commissioning

  • meet recommendations made in national reviews, inquiries or reports

  • make efficient use of resources

  • help build business cases.

How you can use our recommendations, tools and resources

  • Close-up of a hand holding an ultrasound probe on a person's abdomen, connected to monitoring electrodes with wires.

    Cardiovascular disease

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

  • A pregnant woman wearing a pink top gently cradles her belly with both hands, standing against a wooden wall.

    Maternity and neonatal health

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

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

Sign up for our newsletters and alerts

Keeping you up to date with important developments at NICE.