Statistics
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Planned changes to coronavirus data page on Scottish Government website
20th July 2020 by Office of the Chief Statistician
Blog Updated on 28/07/2020 We have been publishing data every day since early April on the Scottish Government website. Given where Scotland is now in the pandemic, we think it’s a good time to refocus this publication. Some of the information developments in Scotland include: Public Health Scotland COVID-19 data – the weekly report published…
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Analysis and data around COVID-19
4th June 2020 by Office of the Chief Statistician
Current analysis and data around COVID-19 Scottish Government (SG), Public Health Scotland (PHS) and National Records of Scotland (NRS) have been working together to produce a range of information to provide insight into the COVID-19 pandemic and the effect it is having in Scotland. Scottish Government publish daily coronavirus data for Scotland (updated each day…
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COVID-19 – Priority Bespoke Data Access Requests
27th May 2020 by datasharingandlinkage
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician The use of data has greatly assisted us in understanding COVID-19 and will help our response to the pandemic. The use of data for this type of research is very important and gaining access to the appropriate data remains both legal and ethical. To ensure that we balance…
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Bespoke Data Access Requests – Covid-19 Update
2nd April 2020 by Office of the Chief Statistician
In light of the extraordinary situation we are now in, in relation to COVID-19 and given the challenges we are all facing, this is an update on our contingency arrangements. As our analytical staff are supporting mission-critical work with other colleagues across government, we have had to make some difficult decisions in relation to current…
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Using data to save time, money and lives – an update on Research Data Scotland
4th December 2019 by datasharingandlinkage
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician Earlier this year I wrote about our plan to set-up Research Data Scotland (RDS) to use the fantastic data we have about people, organisations and places to systematically improve the lives of people in Scotland. We’ve been making progress over the last few months and I wanted to share an…
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Working Group on sex and gender in data – Update
3rd December 2019 by Office of the Chief Statistician
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician I was asked by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People to bring forward guidance to support public bodies collect and present data on sex and gender. I have brought together experts in collecting and presenting data from across the UK, and we have now met three times….
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Working Group on data about a person’s sex and gender – November 2019
31st October 2019 by Office of the Chief Statistician
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician I was asked by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People to bring forward guidance to support public bodies collect and present data on sex and gender. I have brought together experts in collecting and presenting data from across the UK, and we have now met twice. In…
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Working Group on Data about a Person’s Sex and Gender
20th September 2019 by Office of the Chief Statistician
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician I have been asked by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People to form a group to investigate the collection and presentation of data about sex and gender. In this post, I describe why I’m doing the work, what I’m expecting it to deliver (by when) and…
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Want to get access to public sector data and don’t know where to start?
18th July 2019 by Nicola Kerr
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician I regularly see where statistics and data used in the public good can improve lives. The recently award winning project linking health and homelessness data has been used to help understand gaps in health services for people who are homeless and to help an approach that is testing whether there…
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Changes to the 2017/18 Health and Care Experience Survey
30th April 2018 by hsca
The results for the 2017/18 Health and Care Experience Survey were published last week. This was the fifth iteration of this survey. It asked people about their experiences of accessing and using their GP practice and other local healthcare services; receiving care, support and help with everyday living; and caring responsibilities. The results showed that…
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