News – Office for Statistics Regulation

OSR updates on Mental Health Statistics Review in England

12 December 2023 — Press release

Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a follow-up to our review of mental health statistics in England, initially published in September 2020. This short report updates on…

OSR publishes review of excess deaths reporting

13 February 2023 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published a short review of excess death reporting given the high public interest in these important measures. The Office for National Statistics…

OSR statement on use of vaccination statistics

25 January 2023 — Statement

On 20 January 2023 OSR responded to concerns raised with us regarding Deaths by Vaccination Status statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Our response clearly states that…

OSR publishes further report looking at health and social care statistics beyond the pandemic

1 November 2022 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published its second report on the remarkable work by producers of health and social care statistics to meet the increased public demand…

Winner is announced for the Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value Award 2022

15 July 2022 — Press release

Today, we are proud to announce the COVID-19 Dashboard Team from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as winner of the Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, awarded…

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 — Statement

There has been considerable coverage of a Freedom of Information response published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It shows death registrations for 2020 and 2021 (provisional) that were due to COVID-19 and were recorded…

OSR calls for strong leadership, transparency, and investment in health and social care statistics after pandemic

7 October 2021 — Announcement

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published its report: Improving health and social care statistics: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for…

OSR asks DHSC to work with other departments to answer questions on Test and Trace

4 August 2021 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has written to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) following a review of its NHS Test and Trace (England) statistics and NHS COVID-19 app statistics. Statistics…

Statement: OSR calls for further progress on vaccination data in response to PACAC inquiry

10 February 2021 — Statement

Yesterday Sir David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) in response to its request for evidence for its Data…

UK Data on Hospital Capacity and Occupancy

17 December 2020 — Statement

In many cases, data on hospital capacity and occupancy are not easy to find or interpret. To help users, we’ve examined a range of outputs to see if we can answer some straightforward questions that we have been…

Our Review of NHS Test and Trace statistics in England

15 July 2020 — Statement

Today we have published our Rapid Review of NHS Test and Trace statistics (England). The pace at which the NHS Test and Trace Programme has been developed has been unprecedented.…

COVID-19 Local Area Data

1 July 2020 — Statement

Following announcement of the first local area lockdown – where it has been widely quoted that Leicester accounted for 10 per cent of all positive cases in the country over…

Data and Statistics on COVID-19 impacts on the Care sector

4 June 2020 — Statement

The impact of COVID-19 on those in care settings – care home residents and recipients of domiciliary care – has received significant media attention. There is high demand for trustworthy,…

COVID-19 surveillance and registered deaths data review

21 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement

Information available on COVID-19 cases and deaths has been developed rapidly in a constantly shifting environment. The work being done by analysts to get this information into the public domain…

Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation – COVID-19 Update

3 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement

We welcome the work of analysts across a range of organisations in providing the public with information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pace at which these organisations have set…

The Office for Statistics Regulation calls for better adult social care data for England to understand the experience of individuals getting social care

16 January 2020 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its findings from an in-depth review of Adult Social Care statistics in England. The need for good data to support delivery…