EIAs with health inequalities evidence built in
Equality impact assessment is routine work across the NHS — and it sits alongside statutory health inequalities duties. EqualityIQ brings cited evidence and population health data to every assessment.
The challenge
Relentless volume, and quality that varies by author
Trusts and integrated care boards carry the equality duty alongside specific health inequalities duties — and the volume is relentless: service reconfigurations, pathway changes, digital-first access, estates decisions, workforce policies. Equality and inclusion teams field assessment requests from across the organisation, quality varies by author, and board assurance needs a view of the whole picture, not a document trail.
What changes
Built for the way NHS organisations actually work
Population health data in the evidence base
OHID Fingertips indicators and local demographics for your footprint are loaded during onboarding — the health inequalities context your assessments need, present in every one.
Consistency at NHS volume
The same cited analysis and the same impact-rating thresholds whether the assessment comes from a service manager or the equality team — reviewable and comparable across the organisation.
Assurance, not archaeology
A live register of every assessment, its risk rating, actions and review dates — board and committee assurance without chasing documents.
The real problem
Beyond the tick-box
Everyone in the public sector knows the failure mode: an equality impact assessment written after the decision, from a template, under deadline pressure — completed, filed, and never used. That's rarely a failure of the people writing them. It's that thorough analysis has always been expensive enough to ration, so it goes to the highest-profile decisions and everything else gets what's left. The duty asks for due regard, not paperwork — and when the evidence arrives with the first draft, on every assessment, genuine engagement becomes the realistic path rather than the exceptional one.
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What your assessments draw on
- OHID Fingertips population health indicators for your footprint
- Census 2021 and deprivation data for the areas you serve
- A curated evidence base of approved organisations including health-relevant research, cited by characteristic
- Your own JSNA, engagement and patient-experience evidence, added privately
Questions
Common questions from NHS organisations
See it on a real assessment
We'll run EqualityIQ on one of your live proposals — no commitment, no setup required.
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