Health and Social Care
Our Health and Social Care domain oversees the regulation of statistics concerning the health of the UK population and health and social care services provided in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We will be looking to the statistics system to improve statistics about performance, by working with new official statistics producers to make sure that the statistics produced on waiting times, workforce and mental health are timely and meet user needs.
We will champion data sharing and the joining-up of data on health and social care with data on other aspects of people’s lives, including crime, justice, education, employment and welfare, to maximise the value of data. We will also continue to contribute to relevant parliamentary enquiries and follow these up with relevant engagement.
Contact our regulators for this domain via regulation@statistics.gov.uk
Planned Work
Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
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Mental Health statistics Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Systemic Review: Phase 2 | Continuing from 2022/23 |
Adult Social Care Workforce statistics | England | Assessment | Not yet started |
Mental health statistics in Wales | Wales | Engagement | In progress |
Health and Care inequalities statistics | UK | Engagement | In progress |
Winter Coronavirus Infection Study | England and Scotland | Compliance Review | In progress |
Health Survey for Scotland | Scotland | Compliance Review | Not yet started |
NHS Scotland workforce statistics | Scotland | Assessment | Not yet started |
Published Correspondence – Health and Social Care domain
Publications – Health and Social Care domain
Correspondence
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Ed Humpherson to Catherine Bromley: Request to re-start assessment of the NHS Scotland workforce statistics
26 March 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Catherine Bromley, Public Health Scotland
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Catherine Bromley to Ed Humpherson: Request to re-start assessment of the NHS Scotland workforce statistics
26 March 2024
Catherine Bromley, Public Health Scotland to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Sir Robert Chote to Karin Smyth MP: Hospital beds
21 March 2024
Sir Robert Chote, UK Statistics Authority to Karin Smyth, House of Commons
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Oonagh Smyth to Ed Humpherson: Assessment of ‘The workforce employed by adult social services departments in England’ report
5 March 2024
Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Oonagh Smyth: Assessment of ‘The workforce employed by adult social services departments in England’ report
5 March 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care
Publications
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Review of mental health statistics in England: Update December 2023
12 December 2023
Published in: Reviews
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Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Activity Statistics in Scotland
27 July 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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OSR’s approach to quality assessing the Covid Infection Survey
18 May 2023
Published in: External report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics on Deaths in the Care Sector
28 October 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics on the Wellbeing of Wales
28 September 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Family Practitioner Services Statistics in Northern Ireland
11 May 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
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Improving health and social care statistics: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
7 October 2021
Published in: OSR Insight Reports
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Review of mental health statistics in Northern Ireland
7 September 2021
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Assessment Report: Statistics on General Pharmaceutical Services in England
22 July 2021
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment Report: Statistics on Prescription Cost Analysis: England
5 November 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
News & Events
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OSR updates on Mental Health Statistics Review in England
12 December 2023
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OSR publishes review of excess deaths reporting
13 February 2023
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OSR statement on use of vaccination statistics
25 January 2023
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OSR publishes further report looking at health and social care statistics beyond the pandemic
1 November 2022
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Winner is announced for the Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value Award 2022
15 July 2022
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OSR welcomes ONS blog on COVID-19 deaths: to say only 17,000 people have died from COVID-19 is highly misleading
26 January 2022
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OSR calls for strong leadership, transparency, and investment in health and social care statistics after pandemic
7 October 2021
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OSR asks DHSC to work with other departments to answer questions on Test and Trace
4 August 2021
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Statement: OSR calls for further progress on vaccination data in response to PACAC inquiry
10 February 2021
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UK Data on Hospital Capacity and Occupancy
17 December 2020