Annex: Approach to the review

An important part of this review involved talking to producers and users of health and social care statistics. Below is a list of the organisations we engaged with during the review. We would like to thank everyone who gave their time to speak with us.

• Care Inspectorate Scotland
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
• The King’s Fund
• NHS England
• NHS Digital
• Nuffield Trust
• Office for National Statistics
• Public Health Agency
• Public Health Scotland
• Public Health Wales
• Scottish Government
• Scottish Parliament Information Centre
• Senedd Research
• Welsh Government
• UK Health Security Agency

In addition to the interviews above, we gathered evidence from other sources. This included written contributions from statistics producers and users, evidence gathered as part of our regulatory work during October 2021 – October 2022, and the Royal Statistical Society’s COVID-19 evidence sessions.