Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

  1. Eugene Mooney to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of the NIAS ambulance statistics within the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication.

    Sent from: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing regarding the official statistics accreditation of the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication. Official statistics accreditation of this publication is based on both emergency department (ED) data and ambulance service data that is derived from different sources. In the latter case the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) […]

  2. Ed Humpherson to Eugene Mooney: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) ambulance statistics within the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Eugene Thank you for your letter regarding the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication, and the change to the data source for ambulance service data. Given the fact that you have not yet been able to fully familiarise yourself with the new data for the ambulance response times and assure yourself […]

  7. Mark Pont to Eugene Mooney: Northern Ireland (NI) Outpatient Waiting Time Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Eugene   Northern Ireland (NI) Outpatient Waiting Time Statistics  I am writing to you following our compliance check of the quarterly publication Northern Ireland Outpatient Waiting Time Statistics published by the Department of Health (NI), against the Code of Practice for Statistics.   In 2020, following a public consultation in 2019, you decided to change the data collection method used to produce these statistics. You have replaced the aggregate manual returns from the […]

  8. Ed Humpherson to Dr Eugene Mooney: Alternate release time for Northern Ireland vaccination status statistics during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Eugene, Following our conversation, I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of 2pm of the Northern Ireland vaccination status statistics during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Yours sincerely Ed Humpherson Director General for Regulation

  9. Ed Humpherson to Richard Pengelly: OSR review of mental health statistics in Northern Ireland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Mr Pengelly OSR review of mental health statistics in Northern Ireland In June 2021, a new Mental Health Strategy (2021-2031) was published by the Department of Health (NI), setting the strategic direction of mental health services in Northern Ireland for the next decade. At a time of major transformation and change, statistics and data […]

  10. Ed Humpherson to Richard Pengelly, Department of Health, Northern Ireland: Number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the UK

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the UK Dear Mr Pengelly Today we have written to organisations responsible for statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations across the UK. Vaccine statistics are of high public interest, so it is essential that they uphold the principles of trustworthiness, quality and value. We welcome your provision of daily figures to […]