Liverpool City Council has said it is trying to "better understand" the LGBTQ+ community’s experience and the health inequalities they face.
Working alongside Liverpool’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity, Sahir House, the council and a range of partners are undertaking a health needs assessment - it will be the city’s first one dedicated to local LGBTQ+ people. It comes after national evidence showed LGBTQ+ people face inequalities relating to health and well-being throughout their lives – including barriers to accessing healthcare services.
A Stonewall survey from 2018 found half of LGBTQ+ people had experienced depression in the previous year, and a quarter of people had witnessed discrimination by healthcare staff. The survey will incorporate information from a range of sources, including national-level evidence and data from the 2021 census.
