Welsh Government

  1. Stephanie Howarth to Ed Humpherson: Emergency Department Statistics for Wales

    Sent from: Welsh Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed,  I am writing regarding recent media coverage on emergency department statistics for Wales. This suggested that official statistics have been under-reported since 2011, when a category known as “clinical exceptions” was introduced. The coverage centred around claims by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that patients in this category were not reported in […]

  2. Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth: Homelessness accommodation provision and rough sleeping management information

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Steph Homelessness accommodation and rough sleeping management information We recently completed our review of your Homelessness accommodation provision and rough sleeping monthly management information against the pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have shared our findings with your analysts and I appreciate their positive engagement during this process. This letter presents […]

  3. Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: Vaccination status of COVID-19 patients in critical care beds in Wales 

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Steph, Vaccination status of COVID-19 patients in critical care beds in Wales  As you are already aware, we have been looking into the use of unpublished data quoted by the First Minister in a press conference on 7 January 2022. In this press conference the First Minister said: “There are now around 40 people […]

  4. Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth: Regional Economic and Labour Market Profiles

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Steph Regional Economic and Labour Market Profiles for Wales We recently completed our compliance check of the Regional Economic and Labour Market Profiles against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The profiles bring together data on Welsh economic regions in one bulletin to enable comparisons to be made more easily. The team told us […]