Skip to main content

Chief Knowledge Officer

Posts about the work of the Chief Knowledge Officer's directorate

How does UK diabetes care compare to other European countries?

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Chief Knowledge Officer, Public health data, Reducing the burden of disease

We are fortunate to have a number of data sources that allow us to track changes in the care and outcomes for people with diabetes and identify local variation across England. These include the National Diabetes Audit which provides an …

#Datablog: Our data at your fingertips

Public Health England was created from a large number of organisations and we inherited a lot of data tools and profiles, many of which are accessible via our data gateway. The number of resources by broad category is shown in the graph …

Healthier Lives: Making it easier to prevent and manage diabetes

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Chief Knowledge Officer, Health and Wellbeing, Public health data

Today, we’re launching Healthier Lives, Diabetes:  a new tool to track how we’re tackling diabetes in different areas of England. What’s new is the way it illustrates the risk factors for and care of people with diabetes across different communities …

Data blog: Deaths in the 21st century - 12 years, 1300 causes, 6 million deaths

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Data blog, Public health data

Next month the premature and preventable mortality data in the Public Health Outcomes Framework and in Longer Lives is being updated and refreshed. Mortality and dying data is a subject that generates much debate and mortality statistics are often in the news. …

Fighting congenital anomalies and rare diseases with information

We hear a great deal about the common illnesses that affect many people such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. However, we hear much less on rare diseases, each of which affects relatively small numbers of people. Nevertheless, if you …