7th September 2025 by Ben Barr
The NHS divides its budget between different areas of the country. Places where more people have health problems (for example, Blackpool) get more money per person than places where people are generally healthier (for example, Surrey). The aim is to make sure that, no matter where you live, you can...
24th February 2025 by Davara Bennett
Adult mental health and wellbeing Journal article, 2023. Inequalities in local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services: a time-trend analysis in England, Scotland, and Wales. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15179-9 Local government provides Cultural, Environmental,...
16th March 2023 by Alexandros Alexiou, Kate Mason, Davara Bennett, Katie Fahy, Nicholas Adjei, Konstantinos Daras, David Taylor-Robinson and Ben Barr
Levelling up health will only succeed if we invest across the whole of local government. The Government has committed to levelling up the country and ensuring that no place is left behind. A “levelling up” agenda was introduced to address the longstanding problem of the UK’s economic and social...
22nd December 2022 by Gwilym Owen, Konstantinos Daras and Ben Barr
Physical activity is important for physical and mental health and physical inactivity has been identified as a risk factor for a range of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and certain cancers. Inequalities in physical activity participation are well documented with a difference of more...
11th February 2022 by Philip McHale, Ben Barr
Globally, many policymakers are facing challenges related to the demographic shift to older populations, increased life expectancy and the increased prevalence of ill health and disability. Less skilled workers have a shorter life expectancy, earlier onset of ill health, and are more likely to...
1st October 2021 by Kavita Bhopal
NIHR SPHR Summer Internship Scheme in Public Health Research Kavita Bhopal Supervisor: Alex Alexiou Introduction Many believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘great equaliser’, affecting anyone – even the most privileged. However, findings suggest that some communities are at greater risk because...
30th September 2021 by Alexandros Alexiou, Ben Barr, Kate Mason, Davara Bennett, Katie Fahy and David Taylor-Robinson
Levelling up health will only succeed if we invest across the whole of local government. By Alex Alexiou, Ben Barr, Kate Mason, Davara Bennett, Katie Fahy and David Taylor-Robinson. The Government has committed to level up the country and ensure that no place is left behind. What will be levelled...
10th May 2021 by Konstantinos Daras, Benjamin Barr
The Small Area Vulnerability Index (SAVI) is an empirically informed measure of COVID-19 vulnerability for the 6,789 Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) in England. The SAVI index investigates the association between four predictors (proportion of the population from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...
23rd June 2020 by Tanith Rose, Alexandros Alexiou, Konstantinos Daras, Ben Barr
Tanith Rose, Alexandros Alexiou, Konstantinos Daras, Ben Barr NOTE: The blog post has been updated with the latest model changes of the SAVI index, as of July 6th, 2020. Reports that politicians, celebrities and members of the royal family have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have prompted some to...
18th June 2020 by Konstantinos Daras, Benjamin Barr
NOTE: The blog post has been updated with the latest model changes of the SAVI index, as of July 6th, 2020. We conducted a cross-sectional ecological analysis across the 6,791 Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs) in England. The Isles of Scilly (E02006781) and City of London (E02006781) have been...
16th June 2020 by Benjamin Barr and Alexandros Alexiou
Benjamin Barr and Alexandros Alexiou May 14, 2020 Updated June 18, 2020 We carried out a preliminary analysis of the latest data on the total number of deaths occurred in April and May 2020 by lower tier Local Authority in England. The map below shows the estimated excess deaths occurred from all...