ONS Beyond 2011 Consultation

The dynamic nature of population change, advances in information technology, cost constraints and demand for more frequent and more detailed statistics are driving changes in methods for the provision of population and socio-demographic data in the UK. This trend can be seen across many developed countries. The Beyond 2011 Programme was formally established in April [...]

End of Life Care Profiles Updated

  The South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO), as national lead public health observatory for end of life care, was commissioned by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) to develop a set of indicators to help identify and understand variation in end of life care across England. This resulted in the development [...]

Season’s Greetings from the Warwickshire Observatory

Season’s Greetings from all of the team at the Warwickshire Observatory. We hope you re-visit our Blog in the New Year, and we will also be publishing our next Observatory Newsletter in January.  Merry Christmas!

New 2011 figures published on earnings

The Office for National Statistics has recently released figures on earnings in 2011 at local authority level.  The survey is conducted in April each year to obtain information about the levels, distribution and make-up of earnings and hours worked for employees. The link below provides a Briefing Note on the figures for Warwickshire. We plan to produce [...]

November’s unemployment figures released today

The Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA) claimant count in November 2011 was 8,308 in Warwickshire; a rate of 2.4% of the resident working age population. This represents a fall of 362 claimants or -4.2% from the previous month. Read more by clicking on the link below: Unemployment update – November 2011

APHO National General Practice Profiles and Disease Prevalence Estimates Launched

The Association of Public Health Observatories have recently launched a revised National General Practice Profiles tool and updated Disease Prevalence Estimates. National General Practice Profiles The National General Practice Profiles tool is a freely accessible web-based tool designed to support GPs, clinical commissioning groups and PCTs to ensure that they are providing and commissioning effective [...]

West Midlands Key Health Data 2010-11

Key Health Data 2010-11 produced by the University of Birmingham’s Department of Public Health and Epidemiology was launched at the West Midlands Public Health intelligence Workshop on Friday 9th December.  As in previous years it includes contributions from the West Midlands Public Health Observatory, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit and the Health Protection Agency.   The [...]

Youth Unemployment in Warwickshire

Youth unemployment has been in the national headlines in recent days, with more than one million people aged 16 to 24 unemployed across the UK in September 2011.  The government has announced significant funding to support a new ‘youth contract scheme’ aimed at tackling the issue. The attached graphic presents some headlines on the state of [...]

Warwickshire’s Consultation Hub

Public and community consultation and engagement activity plays an important part in improving and developing the services provided by Warwickshire County Council. A new consultation system called The Consultation Hub has been launched to track all public consultation and engagement activity that is taking place both within Warwickshire County Council and across other Warwickshire partner organisations such as the 5 [...]

Warwickshire’s Citizens’ Panel Results

In September 2011, the Observatory distributed the final wave of Warwickshire County Council Citizens’ Panel.  The panel is made up of nearly 1,300 residents, who are consulted with on a regular basis. This wave of the Citizens’ Panel was also available for residents to complete via the County Council’s website. In total, 575 completed responses [...]