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Philippa Lynch
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25 Jul 2017 - 15:22

null Request for volunteers - NHS Digital looking for input to improve web access to data for health and care

NHS Digital (previously HSCIC) provides national information, data and IT systems for health and care services. It is currently working on a project to make access to statistical publications and clinical indicators easier. If you have an interest in using health and care data and are interested in supporting this work by helping to test a prototype for the service, please contact User... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Oct 2016 - 15:43

null Consultation exercise for the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS)

NHS Digital has launched a consultation exercise for the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS), that will run for over 6 weeks and close on 30 December 2016. They are undertaking this consultation to find out more about who uses the survey and for what purposes, how useful the survey findings are, and any improvements that could be made. They would also like feedback on the outputs... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Oct 2016 - 15:19

null Health Surveys Programme E-Bulletin now available - October 2016

The latest issue of the Health Surveys Programme E-Bulletin is now available: E-Bulletin October 2016.pdf NHS Digital's Health Surveys Service can commission and manage contracts to carry out surveys on aspects of health and social care. With the expertise and experience of running complex health surveys they can carry out surveys on behalf of other organisations, both local and national,... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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06 Sep 2016 - 09:53

null Public Health England has published the 2016 Health Profiles

The 2016 Health Profiles were published on the 6th September.  The Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using a range of charts and text. They pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of indicators for local populations. Health Profiles are intended as ‘conversation starters’ to highlight local... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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12 Jul 2016 - 08:14

null Invitation to a workshop: Transparency in Health and Social Care, (21st July in London, 22nd July in Manchester)

The Department of Health’s Transparency Team would like to invite you to a Workshop on Intelligent Transparency in Health and Social Care. This event will be held in two locations:   ·         London: Thursday 21st July, 14:00-15:30 at Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS.   ·        ... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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27 May 2016 - 08:21

null What about YOUth (WAY) consultation report now published

The Health and Social Care Information Centre recently ran a public consultation for the What About YOUth? (WAY) survey that ran for 6 weeks from 18 January 2016 and closed on 28 February 2016. The purpose of the consultation was to find out more about how useful the survey findings are, how the data are being used and to obtain views on the outputs from the... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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23 May 2016 - 09:05

null National Mental Health Intelligence Network - Launch of Crisis Care Data Catalogue

The National Mental Health Intelligence Network have announced the launch of the mental health crisis care data catalogue.  This work has been delivered as part of a sector-wide drive towards using data to support the commissioning and delivery of effective mental health crisis care. The data catalogue lists the current and coming metrics and datasets relevant to mental health crisis... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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25 Apr 2016 - 09:47

null Housing, care and health infographics from the King's Fund

The King's Fund and the National Housing Federation have produced a set of slides illustrating the connections between housing, social care, health and wellbeing. The King’s Fund and the National Housing Federation recently ran a joint learning network on integrated housing, care and health. These slides are an output of the network to show how housing associations and other organisations have... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Apr 2016 - 11:20

null Consultation on changes to HSCIC Statistics 2016/17 - 2018/19

What is this consultation? The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publishes around 90 series of Official Statistics and National Statistics each year. Use of health and care statistics helps those involved to manage the system more effectively, commission better services, understand public health trends in more detail, develop new treatments and monitor the safety and... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Apr 2016 - 10:41

null Health Behaviours in Young People tool - local authority level comparisons

The Health Behaviours in Young People tool provides local authority level estimates for several topic areas, based on what 15 year olds themselves said about their attitudes to healthy lifestyles and risky behaviours (self-reported), including diet and physical activity, smoking, alcohol, use of drugs, bullying and wellbeing. For each topic area, the information is shown by gender, ethnicity,... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Apr 2016 - 10:24

null Life in the UK 2016 - Wellbeing

The ONS has released a snapshot of life in the UK charting progress across 41 indicators of national wellbeing. Seventeen of the 41 indicators have improved over the last three years, 8 have deteriorated whilst 11 have stayed the same. It is notable however, that the improvements occurred for ‘objective’ measures such as unemployment and life expectancy whereas the picture is far less rosy for... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Apr 2016 - 10:00

null Loneliness maps published by Age UK

What factors make older people more at risk of loneliness? And do people with similar risk levels live near each other? By analysing data from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Age UK have determined the factors that people tend to have when they say they are lonely. Their report explains the details (or you can read a lay-language summary). The... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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30 Mar 2016 - 10:11

null Indices of Deprivation report now available on LG Inform

A new report on the latest Indices of Multiple Deprivation (2015) has been published on LG Inform. For a chosen authority users can compare overall deprivation with that of other authorities, the proportion of LSOAs which are in the ten per cent most deprived LSOAs nationally, the proportion of LSOAs which are in each decile of deprivation nationally, and the IMD scores for each of... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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24 Mar 2016 - 09:19

null Health matters: midlife approaches to reduce dementia risk

Public Health England (PHE) has published a new report which shows dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing but is, instead, linked to cardiovascular risk factors, such as smoking and physical inactivity. The report, entitled Health matters: midlife approaches to reduce dementia risk, is designed to help local authorities and health professionals identify the various factors that... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Mar 2016 - 17:00

null Safeguarding Adults Return Comparator Dashboard

This Safeguarding Adults Return Comparator Dashboard from the HSCIC analyses data from the Safeguarding Adults Return (SAR). Comparator groups are a selection of 15 councils considered to be similar to the chosen council. They are selected according to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Nearest Neighbour Model, which identifies similarities between councils... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Mar 2016 - 16:56

null Mental Health Intelligence Network: Key profiling tool updates

The suite of National Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (NMHIN) profiling tools has been developed to support an intelligence driven approach to understanding and meeting need. They collate and analyse a wide range of publically available data on prevalence, risk, prevention, early intervention, assessment, treatment, outcomes and service costs. They provide... See more
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17 Mar 2016 - 16:46

null Health and housing guides provide roadmap for integrated working

Public Health England (PHE) and the Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN) have published two practical resources aimed at improving services around housing and end of life care and on the built environment's role in promoting active ageing. The free documents are intended to build on a major undertaking by PHE, NHS England and its partners to improve integration and... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Mar 2016 - 16:36

null HSCIC Lifestyles data findings

The Health and Social Care Information Centre Lifestyles Team recently carried out a user consultation on the four reports from the Statistics On … series which covers Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs. The reports contain a mixture of new analysis from HES data as well as summarising information from other sources and including it in one report. Feedback was requested from users of these... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Mar 2016 - 16:20

null Better use of data consultation

The Cabinet Office has published a consultation about enabling information sharing between public authorities to improve the lives of citizens and support decisions on the economy and society. The consultation document and accompanying illustrative clauses and consultation stage impact assessments can be found at:... See more
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Philippa Lynch
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20 Jan 2016 - 15:02

null Series of Health and Wellbeing reports in LG Inform

The following LG Inform and LG Inform Plus reports have now been published and are available to view by all. Just click on the report links below. This reports explore four themes of health and wellbeing: An overview, demographics and determinants, housing and children’s health. Through a range of charts, each report presents key metrics for a selected authority area and a comparison group,... See more
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