East Midlands Obesity Indicators Spreadsheet
The obesity indicator spreadsheet is a useful tool for comparing data within various geographical boundaries with national and regional data as well as with data from previous years.
A User Guide is also available.
Health Profiles 2010 launched
The latest set of Local Health Profiles 2010 are available at
www.healthprofiles.info. They describe the health and wellbeing of the local population using a series of statistical charts and maps. Key measures include deprivation, life expectancy, early deaths from cancer and early deaths from heart disease and stroke.
Community food project evaluation practices in the East Midlands
This project was commissioned by the Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM) in October 2009. The aim of the project was to review the current evaluation practices of community food projects in the East Midlands.
National End of Life Care Intelligence Network launch
This new intelligence network and website will bring together data on where people die and what affects their care. Commissioned by the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), the National End of Life Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) will provide commissioners and providers with a firm evidence base for the delivery of high quality services for dying people and their loved ones. It will also provide a central resource for those researching end of life care in England. As well as centralising existing data from sources such as HES and the Office for National Statistics, the network will commission its own information-gathering work where gaps are identified. It will work closely with the National Cancer Intelligence Network.
Kidney Disease PCT Profiles 2010
EMPHO, in collaboration with NHS Kidney Care, have produced a Kidney Disease PCT Profile for all 152 English PCTs. These profiles provide an overview of the key areas of kidney disease care, highlighting areas of good practice, inequalities, and any issues for further investigation.
APHO Technical Briefing 7: Measuring smoking prevalence in local populations
This briefing provides brief overviews of potentially useful sources of local-level smoking data, option appraisals for local-level surveillance of smoking and pointers to help local organisations meet their local smoking prevalence information needs.
Teenage pregnancy in the East Midlands: Briefing - February 2010
The Office for National Statistics & Teenage Pregnancy Unit released provisional 2008 under 18 conception data for England, Government Office Regions and Local Authorities in February 2010. This briefing paper is the latest in the series of EMPHO reports “Teenage Pregnancy in the East Midlands”, updated to include analysis of this new data.
Hospital admissions for alcohol related harm in East Midlands PCTs and local authoritiesEMPHO has produced a series of reports at PCT and upper-tier local authority level looking at the national indicator for hospital admissions for alcohol related harm (NI39) in more detail.