Bridging Hearts Report
Our 2025 report considers how deprivation, sex and ethnicity can impact people’s cardiovascular health in the UK.
How inequalities impact cardiovascular health
Everybody should have access to the best available treatment and care, but too often they do not. We’ve brought together statistics and research detailing the impact of inequalities on heart health, so we can continue our efforts to close the gaps.
Cardiovascular inequalities across the UK
Cardiovascular inequalities in England
We brought together data that looks into how deprivation impacts heart and circulatory diseases in England.
Cardiovascular inequalities in Scotland
We've put together a thorough analysis of how cardiovascular disease, and its risk factors, are connected to deprivation in Scotland.
Cardiovascular inequalities in Northern Ireland
Our report offers a view of cardiovascular inequalities in Northern Ireland, highlighting the health system’s strengths and areas for improvement.
Cardiovascular inequalities in Wales
Explore our report that examines the association between deprivation and cardiovascular disease in Wales.
Socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease
We created a tool with the Strategy Unit to explore where inequalities lie across the coronary heart disease pathway.
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