The Digital Poverty Alliance Invites You to Share Your Voice!
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 16th December 2025
The Digital Poverty Alliance is conducting a UK-wide Inquiry on the impact of digital exclusion on health
The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) is conducting a UK-wide Inquiry into how digital exclusion impacts access to health services and contributes to health inequalities.
Digital exclusion can happen for many reasons—such as lack of access to devices, poor connectivity, or limited digital skills—and we know these barriers affect people in different ways across the UK.
DPA wants to hear patient/service users’ experiences and perspectives. Your insights will help the DPA to understand the unique challenges people in Scotland face when accessing online health services and how these differ between the devolved nations.
Your input will inform a 2026 report to the UK Government, shaping recommendations to make health services more inclusive and accessible for everyone. The DPA will feedback developments to Scottish participants through the ALLIANCE engagement channels later in the year.
Please take the survey by Friday 16 January.
For more information about this consultation please contact Cassia Jefferson: cassia@digitalpovertyalliance.org.
Thank you for helping us make a difference!
End of page.
You may also like:
Have your say on Audit Scotland's BSL priorities and actions.
Continue readingLived experience opportunity in Edinburgh.
Continue readingApply for up to £10,000 to support projects for deaf children and their families.
Continue readingThe ALLIANCE Scottish Sensory Hub continue as Secretariat for the CPGD
Continue readingConcerns raised for people who are Deaf, Deafblind or who have Visual Impairments.
Continue reading#TryAToolTuesday raises awareness of free and trusted apps and resources that help people improve and manage their health and wellbeing.
Continue readingRead about the impact of genuine power sharing and lived experience led change.
Continue readingPeople's COVID-19 experiences show why rights must be better protected in future pandemics and emergencies.
Continue reading#TryAToolTuesday raises awareness of free and trusted apps and resources that help people improve and manage their health and wellbeing.
Continue readingLearn more about the hidden impact of mild and unilateral Deafness.
Continue readingNew research finds people are ready for honest conversations about how to bridge the “reality gap” of health and social care reform.
Continue readingNew research finds people are ready for honest conversations about how to bridge the “reality gap” of health and social care reform.
Continue readingChief Officer of Development Sara Redmond will represent the ALLIANCE through the process of developing the agreement.
Continue readingThe Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm (ScotRGH) programme has awarded new grants totalling £375,000 to 19 projects across Scotland
Continue readingA newly identified security vulnerability affecting PHP software used by millions of websites worldwide requires immediate attention.
Continue readingFind out more about this pilot service for BSL users in Scotland.
Continue readingA phased campaign supports earlier CKD recognition, helping healthcare professionals deliver timely care and improve patient outcomes.
Continue readingOur response warns that Scotland cannot achieve a sustainable health & care system without greater investment in prevention and social care
Continue readingScottish Women and Girls in Sport Week 2026, organised by Active Scotland, runs 2-8 November.
Continue readingShare your experience to help shape Scotland’s work on antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention through national engagement.
Continue readingReport mapping the supports and services in place across Scotland during pregnancy and into the first few months of a baby’s life.
Continue readingPhD researchers from The Glasgow School of Art are seeking participants.
Continue readingWhat's working, what still needs to change and what Scotland must do to ensure every child can realise their right to the best health.
Continue readingA current research project is exploring the physical challenges faced day-to-day in care, both by carers and by the people they support
Continue readingYour feedback will shape an updated version of the toolkit.
Continue reading