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Michael Rigby
Michael Rigby
Data Partnerships Manager
Data
08 Jul 2025

What the updated Urban Health Index can tell us about health inequality

Four years ago, we launched our first Urban Health Index. In this blog, we take a closer look at the updated Index – and what it tells us about health inequality within Lambeth and Southwark.

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Data
08 Jul 2025

About the Urban Health Index 2025

Read more about the renewed Urban Health Index, how you might use it, and what the data tells us about health in Lambeth and Southwark.

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Data

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08 Jul 2025

Urban Health Index 2025

Explore the Urban Health Index, which looks at the social and environmental factors that shape the health of people living in Lambeth and Southwark.

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Urban health

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Natasha Feiner
Interim Head of Policy & Influencing
Policy
13 Jun 2025

A healthier future starts with children: Our response to the spending review

Read our response to the UK Government's recently announced spending review.

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Health effects of air pollution

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Diaraye Barry
Data Visualisation Consultant
Data

Using data to reduce air pollution from construction sites

The Air Pollution Risk Index tool identified areas where improving air quality could have the biggest benefit on people’s health.

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Urban health

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Rachel Dixon
Rachel Dixon
GLA Civil Society Data and Policy Officer
Opinion

What we’ve learnt through the Civic Data Innovation Challenge

We partnered with the Greater London Authority to launch the Civic Data Innovation Challenge and gain deeper insights about our communities. In this guest blog, Rachel Dixon explores what we learnt.

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Health effects of air pollution

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Ben Pearce
Ben Pearce
Head of Programme (Health effects of air pollution)
Latest updates

The Government’s backward step on wood-burning stoves puts public health and climate action at risk

The Government's decision to permit wood-burning stoves in new builds contradicts growing evidence about the harmful effects these stoves have on public health and the environment.

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Innovation

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Claud Williams
Claud Williams
Director of Innovation
Latest updates

How we’re innovating to act on health inequalities

We back innovative projects to build health equity and help overcome barriers to good health.

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Children's health and food

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Why we’re giving kids a commercial break

We're joining forces with our partners Bite Back and have placed 365 billboards across Lambeth and Southwark with one clear message: “We’ve bought this ad space so the junk food giants couldn’t – we’re giving kids a commercial break.”

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