The Adult Social Care Statistics team at NHS Digital are currently
seeking to recruit a number of secondees from local authorities. The
aim is to draw on their experience of working with a range of adult
social care data, to improve our understanding of the uses and flows
of data within the sector.
The purpose of these roles will be to:
provide expert guidance and insight about the...
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The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) was established in 2012 and its indicators are reviewed every 3 years. Public Health England (PHE) is planning to update the PHOF in the summer 2019, to ensure that it continues to be relevant and meets the needs of users.
This proposal document is divided into 6 themes with indicators that will:
remain the same
remain but will have a change to...
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Are you interested in promoting the use of research and intelligence in children’s and adults’ social care?
If the answer to this is yes, you may be interested in a new social care special interest group, which exists to do just that. The group is part of the Local Area Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA), and continues the work of the Social Services Research Group and is called...
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The Department of Health and Social Care has published its tech vision for health and social care. This is the first of three visions which are being published.
This document proposes a modern technology architecture and a set of guiding principles that will together be the foundation for a new generation of digital services designed to meet the needs of all our users – for the workforce...
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This interactive dashboard from Skills for Care contains the latest information (2017/18) as published in the “State of the adult social care sector and workforce report”.
By clicking on and moving around the maps you can discover over 18 characteristics about the adult social care workforce for each local authority area in England. You can compare two local authorities with each...
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Deadline to submit outline proposals – 16:00 on 16 October 2018
Through this call ESRC is looking to fund social science-led research and knowledge exchange activity to understand how, why and where innovation happens in social care, to best understand how to improve people’s lives. Each grant should be highly collaborative involving a range of disciplines and stakeholders...
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Statistical bulletin: Personal well-being in the UK: April 2017 to March 2018
Estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety at the UK, country, regional and local authority level.
This latest publication identifies how factors such as health, access to services and crime levels may affect how people rate their well-being in...
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The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. The Healthy Lives team have an ambitious strategy to improve the public’s health through action on the wider determinants of health.
They are currently recruiting for two analysts to support a programme of work that will increase awareness of the extent of health...
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Masters students at Leeds University Business School are conducting a project to investigate the SALT (Short term and Long term Support) and ASC-FR (Adult Social Care Financial Return) data collection in Adult Social Care. The purpose of this survey is to understand local authorities' experience in using SALT and ASC-FR guidance to collate and submit their data return.
This survey has 14...
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‘Connect for a kinder tomorrow- new approaches to loneliness’ published on 11 December 2017 sets out some thought provoking ideas on how we might be able to create a society less lonely. It is well worth a read, setting out changes that everyone can action to make a difference in our communities.
The Commission's manifesto Combatting loneliness one...
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NHS Digital are undertaking this consultation to find out more about who uses the SDD 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 from the survey (e.g. the report, the tables and the dataset) and any ideas you may have to improve these.
This information is important to ensure that...
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The November issue of the Health & Care Knowledge Update form ONS is now available.
The latest edition has links to new releases of data including child obesity statistics from the National Child Measurement Programme, and the Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey.
To subscribe to the monthly update please contact ONS here.
Other things to note:
The UK Statistics...
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The content of Public Health England's Health Profiles are reviewed annually to ensure that the indicators included are relevant and present a comprehensive overview of health at a local level. PHE are currently running a survey to canvas views from users to help shape the 2018 Health Profile pdf.
The questions are focused on suggested changes to the indicators within the 2018...
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A workspace to facilitate the sharing of tools, documents and useful resources related to measurement for improvement.
Samantha Riley, Head of Improvement Analytics at NHS Improvement has established a virtual group designed to bring together people from various fields who have an interest in measurement for improvement and Statistical Process Control (SPC). The intention is to support...
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Please show your support for the proposal to develop the 'Accessibility ratings' app - an app that allows the public to rate and comment on locations, venues and shops on their accessibility. The proposed development is through a program called ‘App Movement' by Digital Civics.
This is a not-for-profit project and in order to get to the design stage the...
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Personal perspectives on urban health and wellbeing - Insights on the assets and risks of urban environment, diversity and deprivation
A new exploration of the lived experience of health in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity commissioned Uscreates to produce fresh research – Personal perspectives on urban health and wellbeing – into the impact of living...
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Adult social care outcomes framework - interactive comparison tools for local authorities
This interactive report produced by NHS Digital enables local authorities to view their 2015-16 data alongside England, regional and council type averages. The Peer Group sheet also enables comparison alongside 15 comparable councils. It is built on the CSV file which can be found with the ASCOF...
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Talking data like a pro: A plain English guide to data analytics
Like any area of tech (or any specialised discipline for that matter), data analytics is rife with jargon. This makes it more difficult or even intimidating for non-specialists to approach the topic. NESTA have developed a short 'jargon buster' on 15 essential terms and concepts to aid your understanding and discussions...
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The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is taking a long term view on the shape of the health challenges that will most likely be seen in 20-30 years' time. The results will be used to inform the NIHR’s future research funding. It is really important that the sector has an input so that funding is channelled into research aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the next...
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