Engaging Communities for Health Improvement: a scoping study for the Health Foundation

Published on: 25th March 2026

The Department of Health's Annual Report for 2026 on the health inequality gaps between the most well off and least well deprived areas of Northern Ireland, and within Health and Social Care Trust and Local Government District areas. Data on eight health related indicators are presented: hospital activity, diet and dental health, pregnancy and early years, alcohol, drugs and smoking, mental health and wellbeing, premature mortality, life expectancy and general health, major diseases and conditions.

Published on: 1st December 2019

Taking into consideration the complexity of challenges that health inequalities represent for EU policy makers within the next five years, this paper analyses the social and environmental determinants causing health and social disparities within EU Member States, focusing on public health, social and environmental issues.

Published on: 25th October 2016

This report, often referred to as the Bengoa Report (after the Chair, Professor Rafael Bengoa), is a landmark 2016 expert panel review commissoned by the Department of Health. It puts forward the argument that the health and social care system needs to change, patient pathways need to be modernised and focus needs to be on prevention, integrated care and accountable care systems.