LibraryOnline: Health and Social Welfare (HE): Statistics

A huge amount of statistical data is available from both free sources and published in databases available in the library.

For any statistics found on the web, apply the usual caution. Always check who has published the statistics, and whether they are reliable, accurate and up-to-date.

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Statistical database includes statistics and reports on the NHS such as expenditure, staffing and public attitudes; Welfare in the UK including statistics on welfare benefits expenditure, employment in the welfare sector; Childcare in the UK; and other statistics relating to topics such as UK housing.
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Care Quality Commission: Surveys
Surveys to find out what people think of the NHS healthcare services that they use.
NHS Digital
NHS Digital has responsibility for standardising, collecting and publishing data and information from across the health and social care system in England.
WHO: World Health Organisation statistics
WHO programmes compile and disseminate a broad range of statistics that play a key role in advocacy for health issues, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes and provision of technical assistance to countries
Bradford Council Public Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
The JSNA comprises overarching information on the health and wellbeing needs of people in Bradford District, as well as a number of more detailed needs assessments on specific issues and population groups. Its purpose is to provide an assessment of needs to inform priorities for planning and commissioning, with the aim of improving health and wellbeing, and reducing inequalities.

Office for National Statistics

The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics. The ONS collects statistics on the economy, population and society and also run and publish the census every 10 years. The ONS publishes over 600 releases a year. Statistics are collected into 4 main headings: Business, Industry and Trade (eg. business activity, innovation, different industries); Economy (eg. GDP, inflation, productivity); Employment and the Labour Market (eg. earnings, productivity, unemployment); and People, Population and the Community (eg. culture, education, health, housing, leisure, migration).

Government Statistics

This government site collects and publishes official statistics from government departments (eg. Home Office, Dept. for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) and public bodies such as the BBCACAS, or Companies House.

2011 Census

The census takes place every 10 years and is a count of all people and households and includes questions on age, ethnicity, employment and religion. It is the most complete source of information about the population that we have.

Nomisweb - Bradford Statistics
View a labour market profile of an area / region including data on population, employment, unemployment, qualifications, earnings, benefit claimants and businesses.
Bradford Council Open Data
This site from Bradford Council includes access to Economic Intelligence reports (eg Monthly Unemployment Reports, Local Economic Assessment reports), Datasets on population, and Public Health.
Bradford Council Public Health - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
The JSNA comprises overarching information on the health and wellbeing needs of people in Bradford District, as well as a number of more detailed needs assessments on specific issues and population groups. Its purpose is to provide an assessment of needs to inform priorities for planning and commissioning, with the aim of improving health and wellbeing, and reducing inequalities.

Statista Coronavirus statistics
Statista is a statistics database which has collected COVID-19 content and made it free to access. Find out more about the global pandemic by watching our short webinar that discusses the latest facts and figures.