Department of Health
The Department of Health (DH) is the Ministerial Department of Government responsible for government policy on health and social care matters. It oversees the English National Health Service (NHS).
The Department of Health develops policies and guidelines to improve the quality of care and to meet patient expectations.
Health
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Spreadsheet
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Immunisation Rates for Children at 1st, 2nd and 5th Birthdays
Department of HealthCentre for Infections (CfI) for information on childhood immunisation uptake at ages 1, 2 and 5 collected through the Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER). Long-term trends for MMR immunisations in London and England are available, back to 1988/89. It is not possible to easily display the long term trends for all regions since the definitions and boundaries of the other... × 3 (736.5 kB) - Updated 4 years ago
Prevalence of Childhood Obesity, Borough, Ward and MSOA
Department of HealthPrevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese children. The data covers children in Reception year (aged 4-5) and Year 6 (aged 10-11) There is the potential for error in the collection, collation and interpretation of the data (bias may be introduced due to poor response rates and selective opt out of larger children which it is not possible to control for). The... × 2 (1.51 MB) - Updated 10 years ago
Hospital Admissions due to Injury of Children, Borough
Department of HealthNumerators, denominators and rates of emergency hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries to children and young people (aged 0-17 years) by Region and Local Authority, 2003/04 to 2011/12. This data used to make up National Indicator 70 (NI70). Data available from The LGA Inform website. (33.5 kB)
