Posts by Greg Ceely

Introducing new figures on fathers’ fertility and families

Categories: ONS, Population

For almost two centuries detailed data on childbearing by mothers has been produced. However, until now, completing that fertility picture with data on fathers has been more challenging. Here Greg Ceely explains why a change in legislation in 1960, and the subsequent digitisation of births data, means the ONS is now able to provide fresh insights on fathers over a lifetime.

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Driving forward improvements to health and social care statistics

Categories: Data, Disability, Health, ONS, Wellbeing
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From December 2023 to March 2024, the ONS with our partners in health statistics jointly ran the health and social care statistical outputs consultation. The aim was to gather valuable user feedback, to help shape health and social care data in the future. The consultation looked at the health statistical system as a whole and invited comments on outputs published by key health data producers. As the results of the consultation are published, Greg Ceely explains how this feedback will drive improvements to our health statistics. 

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The Health Index 2021 – Taking a deep dive into the nation’s health

Categories: Health, ONS, Population, Wellbeing

What are the trends in health where you live? Are factors such as mental health and economic and working conditions improving? And what is the national picture telling us about health? The ONS’ Health Index for England shines a light on these questions. Greg Ceely discusses the value of this rich dataset and looks ahead to its next publication.   

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The Health Index 2020 – measuring the nation’s health

Categories: Office for National Statistics, ONS, Wellbeing

The ONS’ Health Index is a rich data set that gives us an overall picture of the nation’s health and how it has been declining or improving. We can also see in close-up how health varies from area to area and what local factors are in play. As we publish our findings up to 2020, Greg Ceely explains what our data show and how the Health Index is already proving a useful tool for local health leaders.

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