A new way to measure healthy life expectancy
Healthy life expectancy is an important measure to understand not just how long people are living, but how long they…
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Utilising data to better understand women’s health is a key government priority. The Women’s Health Strategy for England has outlined the existing evidence gaps and demonstrated that more research is needed. With that in mind, the ONS has carried out the first population level study of its kind to explore the characteristics of women with an endometriosis diagnosis in England. Here, Dr Isobel Ward explains the research and why it is so important.
Read more on A better understanding of endometriosis in EnglandBringing data to life: Get a healthy dose of data in our final webinar of 2024
Join us on Thursday 12 December to learn about people’s changing life expectancy, what the picture of health looks like across the country, and how we are continually ‘taking the pulse’ of our nation.
Read more on Bringing data to life: Get a healthy dose of data in our final webinar of 2024Driving forward improvements to health and social care statistics
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.
Read more on Driving forward improvements to health and social care statisticsBuilding a picture of climate impacts on health
In February 2022, ONS began a four-year project, funded by Wellcome, to develop the first set of official metrics to measure the impact of climate change on health. This will unlock a wealth of new insight, giving countries greater ability to plan services and policies in the face of a range of climate health challenges. As the ONS publishes details of this new statistical framework, Myer Glickman explains the next steps in this important work.
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