Annual report 2025 Inequality Landscape: Health and Socio-economic Inequality in Scotland
Health Inequality in Scotland: Key Insights
The Health Foundation backs the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU), which combines socio-economic and public health expertise to address health inequalities in Scotland. This year's report, 2025 Inequality Landscape: Health and Socio-economic Inequality in Scotland, highlights minimal progress in reducing child poverty and educational gaps, while health outcomes remain stagnant.
This is the second annual report from the Health Foundation funded Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU). This year we have split the report into two sections:
Part 1 provides a stock-take of key data that capture health inequality trends and the underpinning socio-economic conditions that shape population health in Scotland.
Part 2 offers a deep dive into deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide and highlights young adult men experiencing socio-economic deprivation as a population group at high risk of these preventable deaths.