GSS health and social care statistics
These webpages allow you to find and explore health and social care statistics from across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
Health and care statistics landscape for England
The health and care statistics landscape for England is an online tool which allows users to search for official statistics on health and social care across England. The landscape is a central place providing links to statistics and research from multiple government departments, as well as information on frequency of publications. Users can search for content by keyword, theme and geography. It is intended to help all users find relevant statistics and associated information on specific health topics and cross-cutting themes.
Health and care monthly knowledge update
The health and care monthly knowledge update is a monthly email newsletter that brings together information, resources, and official statistics on health and social care in England. Users can subscribe to find out about new statistics and key headlines each month.
Welsh health and care statistics mapping tool
The Mapping Tool shows the range of health and care statistics published that have data available for Wales. Users can search for statistics on health and care in Wales by: organisation, theme, geography, or key word.
Health and care statistics in Scotland
Health and care statistics for Scotland are available from:
- NHS Information Services Division
- Scottish Government
- The Scottish Public Health Observatory ScotPHO
- National Records of Scotland
Health and care statistics in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, statistics on health and social care are available from:
Adult social care
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) recently set out papers highlighting significant challenges in social care across the four nations in the UK; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. One of the recommended improvements was that producers of adult social care data should improve accessibility as such ONS has created a landscape tool which pulls together official statistics on adult social care across the four nations into one easy place for users to improve the accessibility of data. Each month the landscape is updated with new publications. The landscape also includes up-to-date official statistics on the effect of the coronavirus on the care sector.
Further information on health and care statistics
Further information on government health and social care statistics can be found on GSS webpages.