Statistics
Recommendations related to statistics
6
Recommendations
83% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)Accepted in Part (1)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 3 inquiries
Across 3 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
6 total
COVID-M3.8
No Published Response
COVID-19 Inquiry
Recording Healthcare Worker Deaths
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with their respective public health agencies and healthcare employers to develop nation-specific mechanisms to collect, analyse and …
- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
FR-1
Accepted in Part
IICSA
Single Core Data Set
The Inquiry recommends that the UK government and the Welsh Government improve data collected by children's social care and criminal justice agencies concerning child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation …
- In May 2023, the government accepted this recommendation, stating that it would improve data collection through the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse …
UK Government
F264
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Enhancing the use analysis and dissemination of healthcare information
In the case of each specialty, a programme of development for statistics on the efficacy of treatment should be prepared, published, and subjected to regular review.
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that statistics on treatment effectiveness are published by NHS Digital and the National …
Royal Colleges
F270
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Improving and assuring accuracy
There is a need for a review by the Department of Health, the Information Centre and the UK Statistics Authority of the patient outcome statistics, including hospital mortality and other …
- NHS England stated in April 2025 that patient outcome statistics are publicly available through its website, Care Quality Commission inspection reports, and public portals …
Department of Health and…
F271
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Improving and assuring accuracy
To the extent that summary hospital-level mortality indicators are not already recognised as national or official statistics, the Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Information Centre should …
- NHS England stated in April 2025 that the Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) is produced and published monthly as an Accredited Official Statistic (DHSC …
Department of Health and…
F272
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Improving and assuring accuracy
There is a demonstrable need for an accreditation system to be available for healthcare-relevant statistical methodologies. The power to create an accreditation scheme has been included in the Health and …
- NHS England stated in April 2025 that the Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB) assures the quality of information standards to ensure data can be …
Department of Health and…