Home > The economic and social cost of harms associated with gambling in England. Evidence update 2023.

United Kingdom. Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. (2023) The economic and social cost of harms associated with gambling in England. Evidence update 2023. London: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.

[img]
Preview
PDF (The economic and social cost of harms associated with gambling in England)
709kB

External website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gamblin...


The gambling-related harms evidence review was published by Public Health England (PHE) in September 2021, including this economic and social cost of harms report. PHE has since been disestablished. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has carried out a review and update of the work, with the aim of continuing to improve our methodology. This is a standard approach for previously published reports, and it includes an update of all the areas of analysis to reflect the current price year. This report is an updated version of the 2021 publication.

For all cost estimates, we undertook a technical quality assurance (QA) process and made some minor improvements to the methodology. We carried out a full review of the methodology for the suicide and depression estimates, given these have the largest contribution to the overall cost. For these 2 areas, we convened an expert panel to advise on changes to the methodology. The panel was made up of:
• health economists
• academics who specialise in the impacts of gambling
• academics who specialise in mental health conditions

The evidence we had used as inputs to estimate the relationship between gambling, suicide and depression were all examined and improvements made. We also included new analysis on the health impacts of depression.

Repository Staff Only: item control page