James Tucker

The @ONS Health Index is a comprehensive view of England's health tinyurl.com/a983yztt Latest results show improvement nationally, but with a lot of variation locally. Explore what's impacting your area in this map tinyurl.com/45hb3b6n and article tinyurl.com/2p9yrhnb

As part of our series of blogs examining topics addressed in the proposed refreshed Code of Practice for Statistics, #jamestucker, Deputy Director for Health, International and Partnerships at the @ONS, shares his thoughts about psychological safety 👇 osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/blog/culture-p…

Read the first of our monthly series from the new Health Insight Survey (HIS), funded by NHS England, Experiences of NHS healthcare services in England. This monthly data gives insights into people’s experiences when accessing primary care services. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

We've published a blog post which takes a deeper look into the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study’s findings and what they tell us about ongoing #COVID19 symptoms and risk factors. blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/04/25/exp…

Out today: Self-reported COVID-19 infections and associated symptoms tinyurl.com/268z264m 2 million people living in private households in England and Scotland were experiencing self-reported long COVID

NEW: Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study: 11 Jan 2024 @UKHSA Prevalence (estimated proportion of the population infected with SARS-CoV-2) has shown early signs of decreasing, down to 3.1%, up to 3 Jan 2024, in England and Scotland. 🧵👇 gov.uk/government/sta…

Today we have published new guidance setting out the essential characteristics of official statistics and published management information. This can be used by statistics producers to guide statistical practice and to review outputs: osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/un…

NEW: Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, England and Scotland: 21 December 2023 Prevalence (estimated proportion of the population infected with SARS-CoV-2) has increased over the two weeks up to 13 December 2023, in England and Scotland 🧵👇 gov.uk/government/sta…

We've published new analysis looking at the risk of suicide and drug-related deaths among offenders in the community based on confidential matching of HM Prison and Probation Service data and ONS mortality records. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

@clarebeckett Hi Clare! We don't have a date as yet, but we'll announce it as soon as we know.

@ONSJames hello, any idea when the 2022 baby name data will be released?

In our latest blog, our Head of Research, Sofi Nickson, shares why OSR is interested in the role statistics play in decision making by members of the public, and invites others to share evidence they have on the topic. osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/blog/how-do-pe…

England’s new #suicideprevention strategy has just been published. New priorities, new evidence. New commitment to reduce the tragedy of suicide. gov.uk/government/pub…

Around 2.4% of people who have never smoked reported that they were daily or occasional vapers in 2022, an increase from 1.5% in 2021. Among those who have never smoked, occasional vape use showed a statistically significant increase in 2022

There are now an estimated 4.5 million vapers in GB 2022 saw a significant increase in the proportion of women aged 16 to 24 who were daily vapers in 2022 (6.7%), compared with 2021 (1.9%).

🧵 Latest UK #smoking figures again show a fall in the proportion who currently smoke, to 12.9% of adults, the lowest on record The proportion of smokers varies greatly across the UK. Take a look at our map to see how your area compares

How do you run a census in a country where an estimated 3 million people are without a permanent address? Tim Harris tells us all about the @DataSciCampus’s work using #AI and machine learning to track the movement of displaced populations in Somalia 🇸🇴⬇️ traffic.libsyn.com/3470c01f-d2e6-…

In 2022, 30.3% of all live births were to non-UK-born mothers in England and Wales. This is up from 28.8% in 2021, continuing the long-term trend of the percentage of live births to non-UK-born mothers generally increasing. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

We are undertaking a review of the Code of Practice for Statistics and want to hear your views: osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/review-of…

🗣️“We want to create a sustainable system for producing these essential statistics about the #population, a system which is more flexible and responsive to unexpected change.” - @MrsRourke1 Learn how @ONS is helping to shape the future of health #data ⬇️ healthcareandprotection.com/help-shape-the…

New @StatsRegulation report on data sharing and linkage in govt tinyurl.com/mr26dtk4 Progress... but significant challenges remain Important to work across government to address these, as the benefits of linked data to decision making are huge