Digital health equities

Digital health equity focuses on ensuring that digital technology in health and social care improves access, experiences and outcomes for everyone, without creating or exacerbating existing health inequities. Digital health inequities are an increasingly important topic within health research and policy, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic showed the impact technology can have on people’s access to health services.

In keeping with this growing importance, there is an expanding community in Greater Manchester with an interest in this area. The Pankhurst Digital Health Equities programme aims to bring together this community and establish a collaborative programme of research focused on reducing digital health inequities and promoting equitable access to digital health technologies and services.

If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact us at digital-inequities@manchester.ac.uk. Also feel free to contact us with suggestions for additional case studies, or for news, events, or resources that you feel are worth sharing with our digital health equities community.

The Pankhurst Digital Health Equities Programme is delivered through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.