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 for data and statistics during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the vital role that data and statistics play in our society and their ability […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of transport accessibility statistics. Accessible transport describes a transport network which allows all users equal opportunity to travel when they want, where they want, how they want, at a price they can afford. It is a key part of having an equal society and statistics on […]
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 health and social care statistics to command public confidence and enhance public understanding. This supports individuals to make informed decisions and hold their governments to […]
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, quality data and statistics to understand the large number of deaths in the care sector during the period of the pandemic. Statistics on the care […]
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 of adult social care should not be underestimated. While there is rightly a focus on delivery, a scarcity of funding has led to under investment […]
Following a series of assessments in 2015, we identified systemic issues affecting health and care statistics in England. Fundamentally, because there was no single individual or organisation with clear leadership responsibility for health and care statistics in England, this led to problems with the coherence and accessibility of these statistics. To instigate change, we ran […]
Summary of the third Health and Care Statistics Round Table meeting on 15 June 2017. Related links: First Round Table meeting Second Round Table meeting
In December 2016 the Office for Statistics Regulation convened the second Round Table meeting, where many of the leaders of the English health and care system discussed how to move forward with the agenda of improving English health and care statistics to better serve the public good. You can read the summary of this meeting here. […]