Data for Policy: Junk-Food Diet or Technological Frontier?
Data and policy are a powerful mix, offering huge benefits to society in terms of defining, understanding and solving problems. But amidst this wave of techno-optimism, there is caution.
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The challenges of counting COVID deaths
During the coronavirus pandemic a key question has been: How many people have died because of COVID-19? This seemingly straightforward question is surprisingly difficult to answer.
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Getting the data to support decisions on adult social care
Today, we have made our first step towards making improvements to accessibility by releasing a new interactive tool where users can easily explore the landscape of adult social care data in one place.
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Rising to the challenge
One thing that has stood out in the Coronavirus pandemic is how quickly the Government Statistical System (GSS) has responded to the need for data during this time.
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The trouble with measuring poverty
In this blog, Elisa Rohan discusses insights into what data is available to measure poverty and the work being done to improve the future evidence base on poverty.
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Think of the children
Whilst statistically those medically hardest hit by COVID-19 are the older generations, children and young people are having to come to terms with significant, immediate and possibly long term changes to their lives.
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What’s in and what’s out
A lot of business planning focuses on what’s in a strategy or plan. But it can be just as informative to describe what’s left out.
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The benefits of collaboration: working together to improve the evidence base on deprivation
How statisticians in the four nations are working together to improve the evidence base on deprivation
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Automation and Technology: Getting the full picture
I was recruited in October last year as the Head of the A and T work programme and since then a lot has been happening that I’d like to share.
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An analyst’s job is never done
‘Don’t trust the data. If you’ve found something interesting, something has probably gone wrong!’