Dear Chris, Siobhan Tuohy-Smith to Chris Roebuck: Compliance review of NHS England’s Referral to Treatment (RTT) statistics We have completed a compliance review of NHS England’s Referral to Treatment (RTT) statistics against the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics. The review considered whether these accredited official statistics continue to meet the standards of […]
Dear Chris NHS England cancer waiting times statistics: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have independently reviewed the actions that NHS England has taken to address the four requirements outlined in our assessment report. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that they comply with the […]
Dear Chris, Statistics on Public Health Thank you for your letter regarding the proposed cessation of accredited official statistics on public health published by NHS England. We understand that NHS England has consulted users on the migration of remaining statistics to partner organisations and that the Statistics on Public Health page will become a temporary […]
Dear Ed Proposed cessation of accredited official statistic: Statistics on Public Health As we work with colleagues across health and care statistics producing organisations, we continue to seek users’ views on where we can join up and streamline our outputs. Over recent years there have been several consultations relating to the Statistics on Public Health […]
Dear Chris We have independently reviewed the actions that NHS England has taken to address the six requirements outlined in our assessment report. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that they comply with the standards of Trustworthiness, Quality and Value in the Code of Practice for […]
Dear Chris and Andrea, Data on NHS app I am writing following concerns over the use of data in two recent press releases relating to the new NHS app and the benefits realised as part of its rollout. The first press release, Major NHS App expansion cuts waiting times, was published by the Department of […]
Dear Chris Thank you for inviting us to assess NHS England’s cancer waiting times statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. We have identified four requirements […]
Dear Chris Request for assessment of NHS England Cancer Waiting Times statistics Thank you for your letter of 1 March requesting an assessment of NHS England’s Cancer Waiting Times statistics. We note the changes that you have made to these statistics in response to programme developments and user feedback. Given the high-profile nature of the statistics, I […]
Dear Ed Request for assessment of Cancer Wait Times statistics Following the introduction of the new NHS waiting times cancer standards from 01 October 2023, we have made a number of changes to our cancer wait times statistics. The changes to the cancer waiting times publication are given on the cancer waiting times statistics publication […]
Dear Mark and Chris Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Statistics in England Thank you for inviting us to assess NHS England’s suite of Accident and Emergency (A&E) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. We judge that these statistics can be […]