NHS Key Statistics: England

June 2022

Source: House of Commons Library; 2022.

A summary of NHS demand, performance, backlogs, and capacity of services in England. It covers A&E statistics, waiting lists and pressures, ambulance data, delayed discharges, staffing levels including doctors and nurses, and more.

Take a look here: NHS Key Statistics: England, June 2022 – House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)

Covid 19

Current Awareness Updates

COVID-19: advice for smokers and vapers.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.

(Advice for people who smoke or vape during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. People who smoke generally have an increased risk of contracting respiratory infection and of more severe symptoms once infected. Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms may therefore be more severe for smokers. This guidance advises how to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 for those who smoke or vape, and how to access support to stop smoking and remain smokefree.)

Crisis, Communities, Change: demands for an equitable recovery.
Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA); 2021.

(This report explores how communities have fared during the pandemic. The survey of 2,600 people in Great Britain found that discrimination in local services was twice as high among ethnic minorities: 52 per cent of Asian and 50 per cent of black respondents have faced discrimination when accessing local services – compared with 19 per cent of the white population. The data suggests that institutional distrust because of discrimination may play a role in vaccine hesitancy.)

Covid 19 and the BAME population Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust

Levelling up health All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity

(This report states that Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the United Kingdom, exposing the nation’s poor health and health inequalities – 90 per cent of those who died with Covid had significant prior poor health. The report explains why a new health care system is essential to confront how unhealthy the UK population is. It proposes a 10-year health improvement plan and new health improvement fund, a shift in political attitudes that have impeded progress, clear priorities for action, and the need to challenge and change organisations that harm children and health.)

NHS Covid-19 app: early adopter evaluation report Department of Health and Social Care

(An NHS Covid-19 app was developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The NHS Covid-19 app has been trialled in the London Borough of Newham, the Isle of Wight and among NHS Volunteer Responders. This trial period is referred to as the early adopter phase. The NHS Covid-19 app programme commissioned a formal evaluation to ascertain perceptions of the NHS Covid-19 app and (intended) usage of its features during the early adopter phase.)

Longer waits, missing patients and catching up The Health Foundation

(This analysis looks at the impact of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic on elective care in England. The waiting list has now reached the highest level since comparable records began, with more patients experiencing long delays in diagnosis and treatment.)