A statistical jigsaw: piecing together UK data comparability
Our Head of Private Office discusses comparability of data across the UK, which was topical at a recent Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee.
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How do we use statistics in everyday life?
In this blog, Johnny Runge and Beti Baraki from the Policy Institute at King’s College London discuss how individuals may use statistics in their personal lives, and they ask you to get in touch with suggestions.
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Transparency: bringing the inside out
Director General for Regulation, Ed Humpherson, discusses the divergence between internal positivity and external scepticism about analysis in Government, and how transparency is key to benefitting the public good.
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The success and potential evolution of the 5 Safes model of data access
Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation discusses the 5 Safes model as a key feature to support data sharing and linkage.
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Producing, reviewing, and always evolving: UKHSA statistics
In this guest blog Helen Barugh, Head of Statistics Policy and User Engagement, discusses transforming the statistics produced by the UK Health Security Agency.
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You’re planning to do what? Statistics, resource constraints and user engagement
Mark Pont, OSR’s Assessment Programme Lead and Philip Wales, NISRA’s Chief Executive discuss engaging with statistics users and how user input can help decision making.
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NHS England guest blog: Mental health data quality
In our latest guest blog Gary Childs, Head of Analytical Delivery at NHS England, discusses steps NHS England has been taking in recent years to improve the quality of mental health data… Context Within NHS England we have been striving to improve the quality of mental health data for a number of years. In this […]
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The public good of statistics – narratives from around the world
In our latest guest blog, Ken Roy, independent researcher and former Head of Profession, reflects on the narratives from international statistical systems, linking them to the public good that statistics can serve… I really welcome the decision of the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to pursue research and engagement work on the ‘public good’ of […]
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Keeping your statistics (and your garden) sustainable
In our latest blog, Rob Kent-Smith, Deputy Head of OSR, discusses what statistics producers should think about when reviewing their outputs… As Autumn has arrived, the keen gardeners amongst us will be pruning and thinning out fruit bushes and perennials to make sure that our gardens remain sustainable and to promote fresh growth in the […]
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The sociotechnical nature of data sharing and linkage
In our latest blog, Head of Development and Impact Helen Miller-Bakewell, and Director General for Regulation Ed Humpherson discuss the state and sociotechnical elements of data sharing and linkage across government… We published our report on data sharing and linkage in July. The report highlighted that data sharing and linkage in government is at a […]