RSS Official Statistics Section Health Statistics User Group More from less? Can we maintain and develop the quality and availability of health and care statistics at a time of austerity? Organised by the RSS Official Statistics Section and the Health Statistics User Group
Context Extensive cuts in spending on official statistics Consultations are about cuts but allude to need for spending on new developments
UK health statistics? UK Statistics Authority Three civil registration systems: England and Wales 1837, Scotland 1855, Ireland 1864 – partitioned 1922 Separate health ministries for England, Wales and Scotland since 1919 Collection of statistics through NHS in three countries and combined health and social services in Northern Ireland Proliferation of data collection agencies in England following dismantling of the NHS Four public health agencies
Questions What are the key new developments you have under way in your organisation? What are the financial constraints in the funding of your organisation? How will these impact on the development and production of existing statistical data? How do you plan to deal with this situation to enable new developments while ensuring that existing statistical needs are met?
Questions to panellists Directly during question and answer session On ‘post-it’ notes By email to rssquestions@hsug.org.uk Replies after session On web site www.hsug.org.uk Circulated via our jiscmail list hsug@jiscmail.ac.uk