The Department of Health’s recently published Health Inequalities Annual Report 2025 shows the Western Trust is suffering significantly compared to other areas. Inequality gaps narrowed for both male and female disability-free life expectancies (DFLE) following improvements in the most deprived areas. The rate of respiratory deaths in the most deprived areas among persons aged under 75 years was almost three and a half times the rate in the least deprived areas. Prescription rates for mood and anxiety disorders increased regionally and for the most and least deprived areas between 2019 and 2023, with the rate in the most deprived areas two-thirds higher than in the least deprived areas. Large inequality gaps for alcohol related admissions also exist in the majority of Trusts and LGDs.