If you're not counted, you don’t count’: what can be done to tackle LGBTQ+ health inequalities?

‘If you're not counted, you don’t count’: what can be done to tackle LGBTQ+ health inequalities? [podcast]
Kings Fund 16 July 2021

• Three years on from the Government’s LGBT action plan, Helen McKenna sat down with Dr Michael Brady, National Advisor for LGBT Health at NHS England, and Michelle Ross, Co-Founder and Director of Holistic Wellbeing services at cliniQ to explore the health inequalities LGBTQ+ people face and what needs to happen to make sure health services are inclusive.

Supporting the LGBTQ+ population through COVID-19 and beyond

Supporting the LGBTQ+ population through COVID-19 and beyond
NHS Confederation 18 February 2021

• Following a scoping roundtable and consultation with the Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network members NHS Confederation Mental Health Network have developed a series of recommendations to help healthcare leaders, service designers and commissioners ensure their services and workplaces meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ population.

Hidden Figures: LGBT Health Inequalities in the UK

Hidden Figures: LGBT Health Inequalities in the UK
LGBT Foundation February 2020

• "By publishing this report, which includes unpublished evidence, data and stories from LGBT Foundation’s 40,000 service users that we serve each year, we hope that commissioners and decision makers can see the true extent of the health inequalities affecting LGBT people."

See also:  

Hidden Figures:The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on LGBT Communities, 3rd ed

LGBT Foundation May 2020

Raising the equality flag: Health inequalities among older LGBT people in the UK

Raising the equality flag: Health inequalities among older LGBT people in the UK
International Longevity Centre UK, 8 May 2019

• New research reveals that a lifetime of prejudice and stigma is leading to worse physical and mental health, poorer access to health and social care, as well as greater levels of social isolation and loneliness among older LGBT people.

National LGBT Survey 2017: Healthcare amongst lesbian and bisexual women

National LGBT Survey 2017: Healthcare amongst lesbian and bisexual women 
Government Equalities Office 15 March 2019

• Using data from the National LGBT Survey 2017, this report examines differences in disclosure of sexual orientation to healthcare providers and experience of healthcare among different groups of lesbian and bisexual women. 

Executive summary 

Palliative and end of life care for Gypsies and Travellers, LGBT people and people experiencing homelessness.

Care committed to me: Delivering high quality, personalised palliative and end of life care for Gypsies and Travellers, LGBT people and people experiencing homelessness.
Hospice UK December 2018

• Set within the context of relevant research, this practical resource shares the learning from projects and emerging practice in the support of quality, personalised end of life care for Gypsies and Travellers, people experiencing homelessness and LGBT people.
• Report is listed on Hospice UK Publications page.

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people say they experience a lower quality of life

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people say they experience a lower quality of life
ONS Digital 5 July 2017

• Across all positive ONS metrics of quality of life, life satisfaction, happiness, and perception that things they do in life are worthwhile, people who were heterosexual or straight rated each of these aspects of quality of life higher than their LGB counterparts.