LibGuides: Public Health: Sources of Statistics

Geographical

UK/England

Health Trends in England (DHSC)
Information about the health of people in England and how it has changed over time, covering risk factors, disease prevalence and outcomes.
Health Survey for England (NHS England)
Health trends since the 1990s: including alcohol, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking and weight.
Health in England: 2015 to 2021 (ONS)
Insights into England’s health at national, regional and local authority level, using the Health Index.
Health in England: 2015-2021 Dataset (ONS)
Dataset for the above.
Family Resources Survey (DWP)
Annual household survey including income, housing, caring needs and responsibilities, disability, food security and childcare.
Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study Heath and Wellbeing Dashboard
Dashboard to build and download charts to show trends in key wellbeing variables.
Local statistics visualisation tool (ONS)
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places in the United Kingdom.
UK Data mapped against UN SDGs
Data corresponding to the 17 SDGs
Sub-ICB England and Wales Map (ONS)
National map showing Sub-ICBs and their codes.

Leicester

Leicester Census Map (ONS)
Local Area Reports (Nomis)
Search for Leicester, Ward or postcode for data on Sex, Population Density, Age, Country of Birth, Ethnic Group, Language, Occupation, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Health.
Public Health Data for Leicester (DHSC)
Leicester Health Profile (DHSC)
Health Index: Leicester (ONS)
Prevalence of conditions in Leicester/Leicestershire/Rutland
Numbers of registered patients with conditions including: cardiovascular, asthma, COPD, obesity, smoking, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, palliative care, dementia, depression, learning disability, mental health. For Leicester look for code 04C, for Leicestershire/Rutland East look for code 04V, for Leicestershire/Rutland West look for code 03W.
Child and Maternal Health Data: Leicester (DHSC)
Summary of the Adult Social Care Sector in Leicester
Heathwatch Leicester/Leicestershire reports
User feedback on Leicester health and care services (Care Opinion)
Deprivation in Leicester (ONS/Leicester City Council)
Data at Lower-layer Super Output Area level taken from the English Indices of Deprivation. Tables and maps covering Income; Employment; Education, Skills and Training; Health Deprivation and Disability; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment.
Leicester Children’s Health and Wellbeing Survey 2021/22
Topics included: physical activity, emotional wellbeing, bullying, relationships and sexual health, and the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs.

International

Glossary of access forms

Charts, Maps, Infographics

visualisations of data

Dashboards

interactive visualisation tools allowing the selection of specific data

Datahubs

portals to access data in different forms

Datasets

raw data

UK Healthcare Services and Workforce: numbers

NHS Services

NHS Performance Dashboard (Nuffield Trust Quality Watch)
Visualisation and analysis of officially published statistics.
Accident and Emergency wait times across the UK
A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (NHS England)
Ambulance Quality Indicators (NHS England)
Hospital Accident and Emergency Activity (NHS Digital)
Hospital occupancy: general and acute beds data (NHS England)
Bed Availability and Occupancy (NHS England)
Monthly Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (NHS England)
Appointments in General Practice (Dashboard)
Data on numbers of appointments: the form of delivery, duration and type of Health Care Professional seen.

NHS Workforce

NHS England Workforce Datahub
NHS Staff in Post statistics Dashboard
Covers staff groups (including Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Ambulance Staff, Managers and Support Staff) nationally, regionally or organisation.
NHS Staffing Tracker (Nuffield Trust)
Monitoring and analysis of key workforce targets and trends.
NHS Providers: Resources
Publications from the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services.
NHS Confederation: Publications
Publications from the membership organisation that supports and speaks for the healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
NHS Employers: Resources
Resources form the organisation that supports NHS England workforce leaders.

Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Independent regulator of health and social care in England, covering Care Homes, Hospitals, Dental Services, Clinics, Homecare agencies, GP Services, Mental Health Services, Community Services.
Regulator oversight Data (Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care)
Providing standards oversight for: General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council, General Medical Council, General Optical Council, General Pharmaceutical Council, Health & Care Professions Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland and Social Work England.
Health & Care Professions Council Registrant Data
Professions include: Biomedical Scientists, Clinical Scientists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Operating Department Practitioners, Paramedics, Practitioner Psychologists, Radiographers, Speech & Language Therapists and others.
General Pharmaceutical Council Registrant Data
Nursing and Midwifery Council Registrant Data
Social Work England Registrant Data

UK Healthcare Services and Workforce: experience and opinion

Healthcare Users

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024 (The King's Fund/Nuffield Trust/ British Social Attitudes Survey)
British Social Attitudes annual survey shows how people feel about the NHS; it's services and social care. The 2024 survey was carried out in September and October 2024.
Care Opinion
Online portal for users of UK health and care services to share feedback.
Healthwatch: Reports
CQC national committee and local network gathering and championing the views of health/social care services users, identifying improvements and influencing providers' plans.
Care Quality Commission: Surveys
Recent surveys cover Community Mental Health, Adult Inpatients, Urgent and Emergency Care and Maternity.
National Diabetes Experience Survey (NHS)
Giving people living with diabetes the opportunity to share their experience of NHS care.
GP Patient Survey (NHS England)
Covering GP practice services: last contact, last appointment and overall experience. The survey also includes pharmacy and NHS dentistry services.
GP Patient Survey 2024 Results Infographic (NHS England)
Headline results visualisation for the above.
Data on Written Complaints in the NHS (NHS Digital)
Annual count of written complaints made by or on behalf of patients about NHS services in England

Healthcare Workforce

NHS Staff Survey Dashboard
Survey detailing the views of NHS staff nationally, regionally and within trusts.
NHS Staff Survey Datasets
Datasets for the above.

UK Public Health Topics

General

Health Inequalities

Health Inequalities Dashboard
Evidence of health inequalities in England to monitor progress on reducing those inequalities.
SPOTLIGHT: Improving Inclusion Health Outcomes
Presents statistics on Inclusion health groups, covering: access to and utilisation of health care; preventative care; health outcomes; and wider determinants of health.
Wider Determinants of Health
Includes data on social, economic and environmental factors (determinants defined by the Marmot Review) which impact on people’s health.

Specific Conditions

Quality and Outcomes Framework (NHS Digital)
Number of registered patients with conditions: cardiovascular, respiratory, obesity, smoking, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, palliative care, dementia, depression, learning disability, mental health. At national, regional, ICB, sub ICB and GP level.

Adult

Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (NHS Digital)
Provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorder in the English adult population (aged 16 and over).
Adult Social Care Datahub (NHS Digital)
Adult Social Care Workforce information for England
Dashboards detailing, the state, size and structure, economic value and analysis by care need.
Adult Social Care Survey (Dashboard)
Annual survey covering opinions of service users receiving long-term support.
Adult Social Care Survey (Report)
Report for the above.
English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA): reports and tables
Collecting data on health, social, wellbeing and economic circumstances in the English population aged 50 and older.

Child and Maternal

Child and Maternal Health Across the Life Course Dashboards
Data at national and local level covering pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, early years, school age and young children.
Child and Maternal Health Profiles
Children Social Care Datahub (OFSTED)
Special educational needs in England (DfE/ONS)
Access data on SEN Provision, Type of Need (Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Multi- Sensory Impairment, Physical Disability, Learning Difficulty, Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Speech, Language and Communications needs, Visual Impairment), Age, Gender, Ethnicity at National, Regional and Local Authority levels.
Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys (NHS Digital)
Time series survey results, England.
Maternity and Neonatal Datahub (NHS Digital)
National Maternity Dashboard
Monthly time series data at trust level: age of mother, BMI at 15 weeks, ethnic category, index of deprivation, method of delivery, skin to skin contact.

Care

Family Resources Survey: Informal Caring Dataset 2023-2024 (DWP)
Data detailing covering Gender, Age, Hours caring, Employment status, Income, Relationship for Carer and Caring recipient for the UK.
State of Care Report (Care Quality Commission)
Annual report of health and social care in England, covering trends, good/outstanding care, and where care needs improving.
State of Care Data Charts (Care Quality Commission)
Data charts for the above report.

Disability

Family Resources Survey: Disability Dataset 2023-2024 (DWP)
Data detailing total number and percentage by age group of individuals within the UK as having a disability defined by Mobility, Mental Health, Memory, Hearing, Vision, Learning, Social/Behavioural.
Learning from Lives and Deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
Reviewing healthcare for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Learning from Lives and Deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) Data Charts
Learning from Lives and Deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) Infographic

Mental Health

Mental Health Datahub (NHS Digital)
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics Dashboard
Time series data on users of NHS mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England.
The Big Mental Health Report (MIND)
Report of an annual survey on how mental health problems effect people within England and Wales.

Public Health: Sources of Statistics

Sources of Statistics

Geographical

UK/England

Leicester

International

Glossary of access forms

Charts, Maps, Infographics

visualisations of data

Dashboards

interactive visualisation tools allowing the selection of specific data

Datahubs

portals to access data in different forms

Datasets

raw data

UK Healthcare Services and Workforce: numbers

NHS Services

NHS Workforce

Regulators

UK Healthcare Services and Workforce: experience and opinion

Healthcare Users

Healthcare Workforce

UK Public Health Topics

General

Health Inequalities

Specific Conditions

Adult

Child and Maternal

Care

Disability

Mental Health

Think Tanks

Think Tanks provide research and analysis which seeks to make and influence policy.

Click on an icon to explore their websites and direct links to view their statistics and commentary:

Reports and Data & Charts

Topics and Publications

Reports and Analysis

Reports

Resources and Reports