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April 2006 - March 2007

• Workforce press release

  The NHS workforce in England has grown by 30% over the past decade, according to new figures published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• More people stop smoking. Latest figures show a continuing rise in the number who quit smoking with the help of NHS stop smoking services

  Latest statistics from NHS stop smoking services were released today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• UK survey finds more more mums choose to breastfeed and fewer smoked before

  Three out of every four mothers are choosing to breastfeed their newborn babies according to figures from a new UK survey published today by The Information Centre for health and social care. The Infant Feeding survey also gathered information about mothers smoking before and during pregnancy.

• Latest NHS maternity statistics

  Nearly half of all pregnant women have a normal delivery, according to the latest NHS maternity statistics, published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• NHS sick leave rates remains the same

  A survey of all English NHS trusts found that nationally 4.5 per cent of staff took time off sick, continuing an unchanged level of sickness absence over the past five years, according to figures published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Latest count of patients registered with GP practices in England and Wales

• Over 25 per cent more eye care professionals than 10 years ago

• New statistics on outpatients' care confirm millions of missed appointments

  July 31, 2006

  Patients missed one-in-ten of the 45 million outpatient appointments recorded by the NHS in England in 2004-2005, according to new statistics published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Changing face of pharmacy services

  July 27, 2006

  More pharmacies in out of town shopping centres, and longer opening hours to meet the needs of patients and public are part of the changing face of pharmacy services in England.

• Highest ever use of drugs to treat heart disease

  July 20, 2006

  More drugs are being prescribed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes than ever before, as use of these life saving therapies soars.

• Survey to document activity in GP practices

  July 27, 2006

  Family doctors and health teams at around 4,000 GP Practices across the UK are being encouraged to take part in a groundbreaking survey that gives them the opportunity to document the way their practice works.

• NHS eye tests top 11 million

  July 27, 202006

  Over 11 million sight tests were paid for by the NHS in England and Wales last year, latest figures published today by The Information Centre for health and social care show.

• Fall in long-term NHS job vacancies

  July 27, 2006

  New figures published today by The Information Centre for health and social care show a continued fall in the NHSs three-month job vacancy rates.

• One in six deaths caused by smoking

  August 30, 2006

  One in six adults aged 35 and over died during 2004 as a result of smoking according to a new analysis published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Rise in number of 999 calls

  Emergency 999 calls for ambulances reached a ten-year high of nearly six million in England during 2005-06, leading to ambulance services attending 4.8m emergency incidents, according to new data from The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC).

• New dentists boost number of NHS Practitioners in 2005/06

  August 23, 2006

  More than 2,200 new dentists increased the number of NHS practitioners in England to a high of over 21,000, between March 2005 and March 2006, according to statistics released today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• One in five secondary school children have tried drugs

  August 30, 2006

  One in five secondary school children say they tried drugs at least once in the past 12 months, according to figures from a survey on drug use, drinking and smoking in young people published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Rise in triple-jab MMR vaccinations

  September 28, 2006

  The number of children given the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) triple-jab has increased for the second year running, according to latest immunisation figures from The Information Centre for health and social care.

• GPs delivering better services for patients, statistics show

  Family doctors in England have earned top marks for the quality of services to patients and the performance of their surgeries, latest figures reveal.

• Dentists increase earnings from private work in 2004/05

  September 20, 202006

  Dentists who worked to the General Dental Services (GDS) contract earned more from private work than from the NHS during 2004/05, according to new figures on dentists' earnings and expenses.

• Truants and excluded pupils more likely to smoke, drink and take drugs

  Children who miss school through truancy or exclusion are much more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and take illegal drugs.

• Latest statistics show change in delivery of community care

  October 31, 2006

  More people are receiving help to live independently in their own homes, with fewer admitted to local authority funded residential care, according to statistics released today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Rise in number of NHS sight tests

  October 24, 2006

  Two out of three sight tests are paid for by the NHS, according to latest figures released today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• More women use long acting contraception

  October 24, 2006

  Increasing numbers of women are using implants, ‘the jab' and other long-acting reversible contraception to prevent pregnancy, according to latest figures on the use of NHS contraceptive services in England

• First publication of new NHS dental contract statistics

  October 9, 2006

  Just under 19,500 dentists have signed up to provide NHS treatments, under the new dental contract that came into effect in England on 1 April 2006.

• Statistics on use of drugs in hospitals

  November 29, 2006

  Differences and similarities in medication prescribing by hospitals and by GPs in England during 2005 are examined in a report published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Latest statistics on NHS dental services

  November 29, 2006

  The number of dentists signed up to deliver NHS services has increased by 823 since June 2006, boosting the total number of NHS practitioners in England to 20,285 by the end of September 2006.

• The Information Centre and Newchurch: a new partnership to support health information services

  November 28, 2006

  The Information Centre for health and social care is pleased to announce the launch of a new working partnership with commercial healthcare information consultancy, Newchurch.

• UK study of GPs' earnings in 2004-05

  November 29, 2006

  Family doctors earned on average £106,000 during 2004-05, the first year of delivering the new GP contract, according to figures published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• More hospitals meeting national guidelines for care and treatment of bowel cancer

  November 22, 2006

  Care and treatment for people with bowel cancer in the UK has steadily improved over the past five years, according to a report out today.

• Audit helping care for people with head and neck cancer

  November 22, 2006

  An ongoing, annual review of patients with head and neck cancer is seeking to identify variations in the provision of care and to ensure that uniformly high standards of service are delivered across England.

• Latest statistics on NHS written complaints

  November 15, 2006

  Data published today by The Information Centre for health and social care reveals that 95,047 complaints were received by frontline trusts in England during 2005-2006. This compares with 90,413 complaints made during the previous 12 months.

• Health trends survey 2006

  December 20, 2006

  More people in England are eating the recommended five portions of fruit and veg, but around one in five adults remain obese, the Health Survey for England 2005 reports

• Reduction in repeat cervical screening tests

  December 20, 2006

  Fewer women are having to return for repeat cervical screening because their first test was inadequate, according to latest statistics from The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983, England 2006

  December 20, 2006

  Statistics on the number of people subject to guardianship under Section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983 between April 2005 and March 2006 are published today by The Information Centre for health and social care.

• Latest statistics on social services

  December 15, 2006

  Nearly half of all older people receiving home care services say the support they receive helps them feel in control of their lives, according to a survey published by The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC).

• Latest statistics on patient care in English hospitals

  December 13, 2006

  More than 14 million records of hospital care were collected by The IC on its Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database during 2005-2006, a five per cent rise on the previous year.

• New information on the care ofpatients with lung cancer

  Information from over 23,000 patients has been collected to learn more about the treatment and care of people with lung cancer.

• Ten per cent rise in money spent on social care services

  February 9, 2007

  Councils spent 19.3 billion on social care services for adults and children during 2005-06, compared with 17.7 billion in real terms in 2003-04.

• Latest NHS stop smoking figures

  February 28, 2007

  Between April and September 2006 246,300 people set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services, latest figures from The Information Centre for health and social care show.

• Community Care Statistics 2005-06: Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care for Adults, England.

  February 28, 2007

  The publication, Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care national report 2005-06 shows an estimated 1.75 million adults received social care services during 2005-06, a two per cent rise since 2004-05.

• A report on the National Quality and Outcomes Framework Exception Reporting Statistics for England 2005/06 is published today by The Information Centre

  February 28, 2007

  Exception reporting was introduced to allow GP practices to pursue the Quality Improvement Agenda and not to be penalised, where, for example, patients to not attend for a review, or where a medication cannot be prescribed due to potential side-effects.

• Increase in NHS sight tests

  The IC has released statistics for the number of NHS sight tests, vouchers for spectacles, repairs and replacements and home visits by eyecare professionals between April and September 2006.

• No injustice greater than inequality

  The Information Centre for health and social care funds the Health Poverty Index (HPI). The NHS Plan (2000) stated that "no injustice is greater than the inequalities in health which scar our nation" and in response, the Department of Health proposed a number of developments to help combat this situation.

• NHS Breast screening programme: England 2005-06

  March 23, 2007

  Breast cancer screening programme detects more early cases. More cases of breast cancer were detected in 2005-06 by the NHS Breast Screening Programme than in any previous year, The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC) announces today.

• First statistics on adults and children seen by an NHS dentist

  March 23, 2007

  At the end of 2006, over 28.1 million patients had seen a dentist in the previous 24 months in England - 20.3 million patients seen were adults and 7.8 million were children. This breakdown by adults and children is available for the first time from The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC).

• Latest statistics on health of older people

  March 23, 2007

  More than half of people aged 65 or over considered their health was good or very good when questioned.

• Audit sets out ways to improve care for patients with head and neck cancer

  The treatment and care of cancer patients could be improved if more were done to improve record keeping.