NIHR SPHR Summer Internship Scheme in Public Health Research Kavita Bhopal Supervisor: Alex Alexiou Introduction Many believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘great equaliser’, affecting anyone – even the most privileged. However, findings suggest that some communities are at greater risk because they are unable to protect themselves like other communities do. The adverse consequences of the pandemic are falling disproportionately on more...
Summary The Core Spending Power indicator describes the available revenue for each Lower Tier Local Authority in England to fund service delivery. It sets out the money that has been made available to local government through the Local Government Finance Settlement. Technical description The Core Spending Power figures are derived from the sum of various core funding components, such as the Settlement Funding...
The Small Area Vulnerability Index (SAVI) is an empirically informed measure of COVID-19 vulnerability for the 6,789 Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) in England. The SAVI index investigates the association between four predictors (proportion of the population from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, living in care homes, living in overcrowded housing and having been admitted in the past...
Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of cancer that was made on or after 1st April 2003. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given since 2005, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of cancer (excluding non-melanotic skin cancers) diagnosed on or after 1st April 2003. GP practices...
Summary The dataset provides information about the number of decisions being made annually by every Lower Tier Local Authority in England regarding households being accepted as being Homeless. It includes figures about being a) Homeless and in Priority Need (PN), broken down by ethnic background, b) Eligible, homeless and in PN, but intentionally, c) Eligible, homeless but not in PN and...
Summary The dataset provides information about the number of homeless households in temporary accommodation by Lower Tier Local Authorities in England. It includes data about the type of accommodation offered as well as where duty is owed but no accommodation has been secured. Figures are presented as the total amount as well as the ratio per 1000 households since 2004/2005. Technical description...
Summary The SAVI is an empirically informed measure of COVID-19 vulnerability for each Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) in England. The SAVI index investigates the association between each predictor (proportion of the population from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, living in care homes, living in overcrowded housing and having been admitted in the past 5 years for a...
Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of coronary heart disease. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given since 2005, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of coronary heart disease. GP practices reporting >30% coronary heart disease prevalence are excluded from the calculation. QOF data by GP practice and year...
Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of asthma. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given since 2005, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of asthma, excluding patients with asthma who were prescribed no asthma-related drugs in the preceding 12 months. GP practices reporting >30% asthma prevalence are excluded from...
Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given since 2005, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. GP practices reporting >30% chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence are excluded from the calculation. QOF data by GP...