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Department of Health web site

Information Centre for Health and Social Care

National Centre for Social Research web site

National Assembly for Wales web site

Scottish Executive web site

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency web site

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ESDS Government resources

• Health Survey for England (HSE) web pages
• Welsh Health Survey (WHS) web pages
• Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) web pages

• General Lifestyle Survey (GLF) web pages
• Opinionss Survey web pages

• Thematic guide: Health introductory guide (PDF)

• Teaching dataset: HSE 2002

• Events:

  o Health Surveys User Group Meetings - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  o Introductory workshop 2004

• Publications citing the HSE, WHS or SHeS: search our index of publications

• HSE FAQ

  • Six new frequently asked questions have been added to the HSE FAQs web page:

    • Does analysis of the HSE require the use of weights?

    • How do I use the weights in the 2004 ethnic boost dataset if combining the general population and ethnic boost files?
    • How do I use the Health Survey for England individual weights if I’m pooling the data from the 1999 and 2004 datasets (ethnic boost years)?
    • Can I use multiple imputation to deal with missing data in the Health Survey for England?

    • What population is covered by the HSE?

    • Are health surveys available for other UK countries?

• WHS FAQ

• SHeS FAQ

• GLF FAQ
• Opinions Survey FAQ

• HSE starting analysis

• WHS starting analysis
• SHeS starting analysis

• GLF starting analysis
• Opinions Survey starting analysis

• Mail list: ESDS Government JISCmail list

• Vital Statistics for England and Wales
  

Other ESDS resources

• Health theme page

• HSE data and documentation
• WHS data and documentation
• SHeS data and documentation

• GLF data and documentation
• Opinions Survey data and documentation

• Northern Ireland Health and Social Wellbeing Survey

• Other health-related surveys

Statistics Commission

• Report on Health Statistics

Office for National Statistics resources

• HSE web page
• WHS web page

• Health Statistics Quarterly

• GLF web page
• Opinions Survey web page

• Harmonisation web page

• ONS Longitudinal Study

Department of Health web site

• Home page
• HSE web pages
• HSE online reports and results
• Other health-related surveys
• Comparative Review and Assessment of Key Health State Measures of the General Population

Information Centre for Health and Social Care web site

• HSE web page

• Health and Social Care Survey Programme Review

Earlier this year (2008) the NHS Information Centre (IC) reviewed its health and social care survey programme. The review process was overseen by a dedicated Survey Review Board with membership drawn from the Department of Health, Government Regional Offices, The Office of National Statistics, Public Health Observatories, and Universities. As part of the review the IC invited responses to a consultation on the future of its survey programme. The report on the outcome of the Survey Programme Consultation is available online to view or download from the IC.

The Survey Programme Review Board has now evolved into the Survey Programme Advisory Group (SPAG) and is continuing the work to develop the NHS IC's Survey Programme. The group has two roles: to explore issues relating to the survey programme as a whole, and to address issues around the design, specification and procurement of future surveys. See the IC Health Surveys Programme Network for an update on the IC's current programme of health surveys.

If you would like to receive regular updates on the NHS IC Survey Programme you can join the Virtual User Forum by sending an e-mail to surveys.querys@ic.nhs.uk

National Centre for Social Research web site

• HSE online reports and results
• SHeS web page

National Assembly for Wales web site

• 1998 Welsh Health Survey online publication (PDF)

Scottish Executive web site

• SHeS online reports

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency web site

• Health and Social Wellbeing Survey

Other data sources

• Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs)

• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
• British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
• 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
• ESDS International surveys

Research stories

• Using the Health Survey for England to carry out research on smoking (Word or PDF)

JISCmail list

• Health Statistics User Group JISCmail list