Chief statistician’s update: improvements to NHS performance statistics

Each month we publish a wide range of NHS secondary care statistics, from urgent and emergency care to diagnostics, therapies and NHS waiting lists. We’ve recently made some changes to improve the relevance and timeliness of our data and to reflect a change in the way 999 ambulance calls are managed.

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Chief Statistician’s update: updating the names for Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wales

Following extensive engagement with local authorities, we have a final list of updated names for the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wales. These updated names ensure that they are intuitive, bilingual and reflective of the electoral ward names and the local communities they represent.

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Chief Statistician’s update: StatsWales is changing: what you need to know

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StatsWales is an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and citizens since its inception. With over 280,000 unique users each year, it serves as a comprehensive repository of Welsh statistics and data. Whether you are delving into economic trends, health data, or the shape of our population, StatsWales provides the detailed insights you need to understand various facets of Welsh life.

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Guest Blog: Unpacking the Welsh Economy: Reflections on the Compilation of the Input-Output Tables for Wales

Post by Professor Calvin Jones, Academic Advisor, Knowledge and Analytical Services, Welsh Government

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Introduction

In 2022 Welsh Government began the process of compiling and publishing a set of Supply and Use (SUTs) and Input-Output Tables (IOTs) for Wales. These were to be the first holistic picture of the Welsh economy produced following Scotland (which has published SUTs and IOTs for decades) and Northern Ireland (which has done so for the post EU exit period).

The publication was intended to improve our understanding – inside and outside Welsh Government – of how the Welsh economy ‘worked’ in terms of production, trade and product use. More importantly, it was to determine whether collating such a picture – consistently, across all products, industries and users – was feasible, whilst guaranteeing a reasonable level of quality and robustness. The project delivered an Input-Output publication for Wales (for base-year 2019), detailing the structures and activities of 55 industries in Wales, along with related product use and supply. The Supply and Use and Input-Output Tables (hereafter called IOTs for simplicity) have been published as official statistics in development, together with an extensive methodology document.

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Chief statistician’s update: proposed indicators for the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 and feedback survey

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The last Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) was published in 2019. As set out in our index update blog last year, an updated index will be published in late 2025 or early 2026. We are aiming for late 2025 and currently refer to the planned update as WIMD 2025.

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Latest update for StatsWales OData users

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We are working on a new and improved platform for StatsWales to keep up with technological updates and user needs. As a consequence, and as explained in our first blog, our OData service has not been available since the end of August. We provided an update last month covering our plans for the temporary arrangements until the new StatsWales service is in place in 2025.

This post provides a further update on the availability of data files to temporarily replace OData.

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Further update for StatsWales OData users

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We are working on a new and improved platform for StatsWales to keep up with technological updates and user needs. As a consequence, and as explained in our previous blog, our OData service will not be available from the end of August.

This post provides an update on the temporary arrangements we are putting in place to replace OData until the new StatsWales service is in place in 2025.

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Chief statistician’s update: updating the names for Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wales

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What are Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs)?

LSOAs are geographical areas of similar population size used for reporting small area statistics. There are 1,917 LSOAs in Wales. Each LSOA contains between 400 and 1,200 households with a resident population between 1,000 and 3,000 people.

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Chief statistician’s update: understanding road collision and casualty statistics

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On 6 June 2024 we will be publishing provisional data on police recorded road collisions and casualties for October to December 2023. Since the introduction of the 20mph default speed limit on restricted roads in September 2023 there has been considerable interest in collisions data.

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