Policy, reports and statistics

A searchable database of governmental statistics on Health & Social Care.

Launched by the Medical Research Council Regulatory Support Centre to help researchers navigate the processes required to gain access to routinely collected NHS health data.

Series of surveys covering questions on general health and longstanding illness; key lifestyle behaviours that influence health; social care; and measurements such as blood pressure, body measurements, and analysis of blood and saliva samples.

A database containing details of all admissions, A and E attendances and outpatient appointments at NHS hospitals in England.

Find data on a variety of health topics through an A-Z list.

Provides statistics on a number of areas within the NHS including: A&E attendance; bed availability; dementia referral; health visitors; maternity and breastfeeding.

The Health and Social Care section from the Office for National Statistics.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) collects and publishes statistics on public health topics.

A searchable database from the Government Statistical Service.

Datasets archived in the UK Data Service data archive that can be accessed and used for health research.

Allows you to chart, map and compare key health indicators across all 55 African Union member states.

Collects, analyses and disseminates accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 300 surveys in over 90 developing countries.

Types of data include hospitalisation stats; outpatient utilisation; infectious diseases and population data.

Theme pages provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.

Statistics from the World Health Organization.

Use the table of contents to find statistics on a specific health topic.

Includes surveys on: adult inpatients; community mental health; children; emergency care and maternity care.

Gives patients the opportunity to submit feedback on how likely they are to recommend the service to their friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment.

Designed to monitor national progress on cancer care, to drive local quality improvements, to assist commissioners and providers of cancer care and to inform the work of the various charities and stakeholder groups supporting cancer patients.

Examines the quality of care delivered in the last 3 months of life for adults who died in England.

A collection of indicators, giving a comprehensive overview of population health at a national, regional and local level.

Quality Watch tracks more than 200 quality indicators to find out whether health and social care quality in England is getting better or worse. Searches can be refined by selecting a Domain.

Indicators from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Preventives services (childhood vaccinations and influenza vaccinations among elderly people), the number of doctor consultations, hospital activities (length of hospital stay and hospital discharge rates) and selected diagnostic and surgical procedures (CT and MRI exams, and caesarean sections).

The availability of hospital beds, and the number of diagnostic or therapeutic medical technologies (computed tomography (CT) scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units, mammography machines, and radiotherapy equipment).

Health resources includes financial resources (health spending) and human resources.

Health risks relate to non-medical determinants of health. Risk factors are any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or incurring an injury.

Health status includes the length of people's lives, as well as their physical and mental health which may be affected by infectious diseases, chronic diseases and injuries.

A searchable dataset to compare the quality of health care in different countries. Areas covered include primary care; mental health; patient experiences and patient safety.