Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery: The COVID-19 impact inquiry report (July 2021)

Summary

The Health Foundation’s COVID-19 impact inquiry has drawn on a broad range of available evidence to consider two main questions:

1. How were people’s experiences of the pandemic influenced by their pre-existing health and health inequalities?
2. What is the likely impact of actions taken in response to the pandemic on the nation’s health and health inequalities – now and in the future?

Content

• Covid-19 health outcomes
• The pandemic's implications for wider health and wellbeing
• Changes in the wider determinants of health
• The experiences of some groups disproportionately affected by the pandemic
• Public perceptions of Covid-19 and health inequalities
• Recovery, risks and opportunities
• Conclusions