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 statistics producers to make sure that the statistics produced on waiting times and workforce are timely and meet user needs. We continue to respond at speed to user concerns about data to support understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on mental health and health inequalities.
We will continue our focus on health and social care data transformation and encourage access to data, seeking solutions to the problems that researchers experience when trying to access data. We will also champion 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. We will also continue to contribute to relevant parliamentary enquiries and follow these up with relevant engagement.
Contact our regulators for this domain Anna Price, Caroline Jones, Sarah Whitehead, and Nisha Bunting for more information.
Planned Work
Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
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A&E Waiting Times statistics (Public Health Scotland) | Scotland | Assessment | Continuing from 2022/23 |
Mental Health statistics Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Systemic Review: Phase 2 | Continuing from 2022/23 |
England Mental Health Statistics Review - follow up | England | Systemic Review: Phase 2 | Continuing from 2022/23 |
Adult Oral Health Survey statistics | England | Compliance review | Continuing from 2022/23 |
Quarterly Planned Waiting Times statistics | Scotland | Compliance review | Not yet started |
Adult Social Care Workforce statistics | England | Assessment | Not yet started |
Published Correspondence – Health and Social Care domain
Publications – Health and Social Care domain
Correspondence
Scott Heald to Ed Humpherson: Accident and Emergency (A&E) Activity Statistics in Scotland: Confirmation of Accredited Official Statistics status
26 October 2023
Scott Heald, Public Health Scotland to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Mark Pont to Lucy Vickers: Statistics from the Adult Oral Health Survey
25 October 2023
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Lucy Vickers, Department of Health and Social Care
Ed Humpherson to Scott Heald: Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Activity Statistics in Scotland
19 October 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Scott Heald, Public Health Scotland
Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: Emergency Department Statistics for Wales
19 October 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Stephanie Howarth, Welsh Government
Stephanie Howarth to Ed Humpherson: Emergency Department Statistics for Wales
19 October 2023
Stephanie Howarth, Welsh Government to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Publications
Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Activity Statistics in Scotland
27 July 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
OSR’s approach to quality assessing the Covid Infection Survey
18 May 2023
Published in: External report
Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics on Deaths in the Care Sector
28 October 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics on the Wellbeing of Wales
28 September 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Family Practitioner Services Statistics in Northern Ireland
11 May 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
Improving health and social care statistics: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
7 October 2021
Published in: OSR Insight Reports
Review of mental health statistics in Northern Ireland
7 September 2021
Published in: Systemic Reviews
Assessment Report: Statistics on General Pharmaceutical Services in England
22 July 2021
Published in: Assessment Report
Assessment Report: Statistics on Prescription Cost Analysis: England
5 November 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
Mental Health Statistics in England
17 September 2020
Published in: Systemic Reviews
News & Events
OSR publishes review of excess deaths reporting
13 February 2023
OSR statement on use of vaccination statistics
25 January 2023
OSR publishes further report looking at health and social care statistics beyond the pandemic
1 November 2022
Winner is announced for the Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value Award 2022
15 July 2022
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
OSR calls for strong leadership, transparency, and investment in health and social care statistics after pandemic
7 October 2021
OSR asks DHSC to work with other departments to answer questions on Test and Trace
4 August 2021
Statement: OSR calls for further progress on vaccination data in response to PACAC inquiry
10 February 2021
UK Data on Hospital Capacity and Occupancy
17 December 2020
Our Review of NHS Test and Trace statistics in England
15 July 2020