diff --git a/conf/api.yaml b/conf/api.yaml
index 46dc63d..199c247 100644
--- a/conf/api.yaml
+++ b/conf/api.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,43 @@ paths:
         '303':
           description: Redirect to actual address of Loing service which performs auth up to its capabilities
 
+  /health:
+    get:
+      summary: Service health check
+      description: Service health and dependency status check
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Service is healthy
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  status:
+                    type: string
+                    example: ok
+                  uptime_seconds:
+                    type: integer
+                    example: 12345
+        '503':
+          description: Service is degraded
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  status:
+                    type: string
+                    example: degraded
+                  failures:
+                    type: object
+                    additionalProperties:
+                      type: string
+                    example:
+                      eventbridge: client not initialized
+                      kafka: producer not initialized
+                      postgres: host not configured
+
   /topics:
     get:
       summary: Get a list of topics
diff --git a/src/event_gate_lambda.py b/src/event_gate_lambda.py
index a0fcefa..16c98eb 100644
--- a/src/event_gate_lambda.py
+++ b/src/event_gate_lambda.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 from src.handlers.handler_token import HandlerToken
 from src.handlers.handler_topic import HandlerTopic
+from src.handlers.handler_health import HandlerHealth
 from src.utils.constants import SSL_CA_BUNDLE_KEY
 from src.utils.utils import build_error_response
 from src.writers import writer_eventbridge, writer_kafka, writer_postgres
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@
 # Initialize topic handler and load topic schemas
 handler_topic = HandlerTopic(CONF_DIR, ACCESS, handler_token).load_topic_schemas()
 
+# Initialize health handler
+handler_health = HandlerHealth()
+
 
 def get_api() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Return the OpenAPI specification text."""
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ def lambda_handler(event: Dict[str, Any], _context: Any = None) -> Dict[str, Any
             return get_api()
         if resource == "/token":
             return handler_token.get_token_provider_info()
+        if resource == "/health":
+            return handler_health.get_health()
         if resource == "/topics":
             return handler_topic.get_topics_list()
         if resource == "/topics/{topic_name}":
diff --git a/src/handlers/handler_health.py b/src/handlers/handler_health.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db951a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/handler_health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2025 ABSA Group Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""
+This module provides the HandlerHealth class for service health monitoring.
+"""
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Dict, Any
+
+from src.writers import writer_eventbridge, writer_kafka, writer_postgres
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log_level = os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO")
+logger.setLevel(log_level)
+
+
+class HandlerHealth:
+    """
+    HandlerHealth manages service health checks and dependency status monitoring.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.start_time: datetime = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+    def get_health(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Check service health and return status.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: API Gateway response with health status.
+                - 200: All dependencies healthy
+                - 503: One or more dependencies not initialized
+        """
+        logger.debug("Handling GET Health")
+
+        failures: Dict[str, str] = {}
+
+        # Check Kafka writer
+        if writer_kafka.STATE.get("producer") is None:
+            failures["kafka"] = "producer not initialized"
+
+        # Check EventBridge writer
+        eventbus_arn = writer_eventbridge.STATE.get("event_bus_arn")
+        eventbridge_client = writer_eventbridge.STATE.get("client")
+        if eventbus_arn:
+            if eventbridge_client is None:
+                failures["eventbridge"] = "client not initialized"
+
+        # Check PostgreSQL writer
+        postgres_config = writer_postgres.POSTGRES
+        if postgres_config.get("database"):
+            if not postgres_config.get("host"):
+                failures["postgres"] = "host not configured"
+            elif not postgres_config.get("user"):
+                failures["postgres"] = "user not configured"
+            elif not postgres_config.get("password"):
+                failures["postgres"] = "password not configured"
+            elif not postgres_config.get("port"):
+                failures["postgres"] = "port not configured"
+
+        uptime_seconds = int((datetime.now(timezone.utc) - self.start_time).total_seconds())
+
+        if not failures:
+            logger.debug("Health check passed")
+            return {
+                "statusCode": 200,
+                "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                "body": json.dumps({"status": "ok", "uptime_seconds": uptime_seconds}),
+            }
+
+        logger.debug("Health check degraded: %s", failures)
+        return {
+            "statusCode": 503,
+            "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            "body": json.dumps({"status": "degraded", "failures": failures}),
+        }
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_handler_health.py b/tests/handlers/test_handler_health.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca3bfbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_handler_health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2025 ABSA Group Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import json
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from src.handlers.handler_health import HandlerHealth
+
+### get_health()
+
+
+## Minimal healthy state (just kafka)
+def test_get_health_minimal_kafka_healthy():
+    """Health check returns 200 when Kafka is initialized and optional writers are disabled."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": None, "event_bus_arn": ""}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", {"database": ""}),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 200
+    body = json.loads(response["body"])
+    assert body["status"] == "ok"
+    assert "uptime_seconds" in body
+
+
+## Healthy state with all writers enabled
+def test_get_health_all_writers_enabled_and_healthy():
+    """Health check returns 200 when all writers are enabled and properly configured."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+    postgres_config = {"database": "db", "host": "localhost", "user": "user", "password": "pass", "port": "5432"}
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": MagicMock(), "event_bus_arn": "arn"}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", postgres_config),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 200
+    body = json.loads(response["body"])
+    assert body["status"] == "ok"
+    assert "uptime_seconds" in body
+
+
+## Degraded state with all writers enabled
+def test_get_health_kafka_not_initialized():
+    """Health check returns 503 when Kafka writer is not initialized."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+    postgres_config = {"database": "db", "host": "", "user": "", "password": "", "port": ""}
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": None}),
+        patch(
+            "src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE",
+            {"client": None, "event_bus_arn": "arn:aws:events:us-east-1:123:event-bus/bus"},
+        ),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", postgres_config),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 503
+    body = json.loads(response["body"])
+    assert body["status"] == "degraded"
+    assert "kafka" in body["failures"]
+    assert "eventbridge" in body["failures"]
+    assert "postgres" in body["failures"]
+
+
+## Healthy when eventbridge is disabled
+def test_get_health_eventbridge_disabled():
+    """Health check returns 200 when EventBridge is disabled (empty event_bus_arn)."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+    postgres_config = {"database": "db", "host": "localhost", "user": "user", "password": "pass", "port": "5432"}
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": None, "event_bus_arn": ""}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", postgres_config),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 200
+
+
+## Healthy when postgres is disabled
+def test_get_health_postgres_disabled():
+    """Health check returns 200 when PostgreSQL is disabled (empty database)."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": MagicMock(), "event_bus_arn": "arn"}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", {"database": ""}),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 200
+
+
+## Degraded state - postgres host not configured
+def test_get_health_postgres_host_not_configured():
+    """Health check returns 503 when PostgreSQL host is not configured."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+    postgres_config = {"database": "db", "host": "", "user": "user", "password": "pass", "port": "5432"}
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": MagicMock(), "event_bus_arn": "arn"}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", postgres_config),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    assert response["statusCode"] == 503
+    body = json.loads(response["body"])
+    assert body["failures"]["postgres"] == "host not configured"
+
+
+## Uptime calculation
+def test_get_health_uptime_is_positive():
+    """Verify uptime_seconds is calculated and is a positive integer."""
+    handler = HandlerHealth()
+    postgres_config = {"database": "db", "host": "localhost", "user": "user", "password": "pass", "port": "5432"}
+
+    with (
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_kafka.STATE", {"producer": MagicMock()}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_eventbridge.STATE", {"client": MagicMock(), "event_bus_arn": "arn"}),
+        patch("src.handlers.handler_health.writer_postgres.POSTGRES", postgres_config),
+    ):
+        response = handler.get_health()
+
+    body = json.loads(response["body"])
+    assert "uptime_seconds" in body
+    assert isinstance(body["uptime_seconds"], int)
+    assert body["uptime_seconds"] >= 0
+
+
+## Integration test with event_gate_module
+def test_health_endpoint_integration(event_gate_module, make_event):
+    """Test /health endpoint through lambda_handler."""
+    event = make_event("/health")
+    resp = event_gate_module.lambda_handler(event)
+
+    # Should return 200 since writers are mocked as initialized in conftest
+    assert resp["statusCode"] == 200
+    body = json.loads(resp["body"])
+    assert body["status"] == "ok"
+    assert "uptime_seconds" in body