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ID-535: Health and environmental justice measure
Safe People
Organisation name
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea Councils
Applicant name(s)
Clare Lyons-Baker
Funders/ Sponsors
Safe Projects
Project ID
ID-535
Lay summary
The HEJMI builds on the Council's existing Environmental Justice Measure Index (EJMI) - a weighted, small-area (LSOA) composite of environmental conditions spanning sustainable transport, green space and tree canopy, air quality, flood risk, land-surface temperature, building energy efficiency and deprivation (IMD). The purpose of this project is to link these environmental metrics to healthcare outcomes so that the i
Public benefit statement
The overall aim is to see if changes to policies aimed at reducing the environmental disadvantage of vulnerable communities through targeted local action - such as green infrastructure, active travel, housing retrofit and air-quality measures - can help reduce the associated health impacts, especially at times of extreme climatic conditions and in particular in areas of existing health inequalities.
Other approval committees
Project start date
16/07/2026
Project end date
14/12/2026
Latest approval date
16/07/2026
Safe Data
Dataset(s) name
Data sensitivity level
De-Personalised
Release/Access date
25/05/2026
Safe Setting
Access type
TRE