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Hackney’s Mental Health Gap
Rising diagnoses. Uneven access. Hidden need.
A mobile-first information story separating national prevalence, local diagnosis and what still remains hidden from service data.
Hackney snapshot
Fewer numbers, stronger labels. These are recorded diagnoses or recorded severe mental illness — not total hidden need.
Diagnosed depression
Hackney adults, 2022/23. Up from 5% in 2012/13.
City & Hackney Adult Mental Health JSNADiagnosed anxiety
Hackney adults with diagnosed anxiety.
City & Hackney Adult Mental Health JSNASevere mental illness
Hackney adults in 2024 — around 50% higher than London and England.
City & Hackney Adult Mental Health JSNAWhat changed?
Patterns differ
The old “women are more likely” message becomes more credible when separated by condition.
Place matters
Recorded diagnosis can reflect need, access, awareness, service presentation — or all of them together.
Map recorded visibility, not total need.
The stronger 2026 version should use PCN/locality logic rather than an old ward map, unless updated ward-level figures are available.
The hidden gap
This is the main organising idea: diagnosis data shows who is visible to the system, not everyone who may need support.
Build routes
For mobile, the strongest version is not “more interactivity”. It is thumb-friendly pacing, strong cards and quick comprehension.
Fastest credible prototype
Single-page vertical scroll, stat cards, one trend chart, tap-to-compare gender patterns, visibility funnel, source notes.
Portfolio-strong version
Add before/after comparison, accurate PCN map, source decomposition and a case-study note explaining why some formats were rejected.
What not to build first
A heavy desktop-style interactive. It would hide the strongest point: this is a mobile information story that should be readable in short bursts.
