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Electronic Resources

The NHS subscribes to key healthcare databases, full text journals, e-books and more for its staff. To access these you need to have an Athens username and password. You can obtain one by self-registering at: www.evidence.nhs.uk

An Athens Self-Registration leaflet is available from the Education Centre Libraries at Good Hope, Heartlands, Solihull and Queen Elizabeth hospital

E-Books Collection

• eBook titles are listed on the library catalogue  www.base-library.nhs.uk. New eBooks are constantly being added, simply log on with your Athens account.
• Choose your own eBooks by simply logging on with your Athens account at www.ebookcentral.proquest.com/

E-Journals

Staff can access the following Health Statistics full text electronic journals through their Athens account from the ASK Discovery Tool

• British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
• Data in brief
• Health Data Management
• Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
• Journal of Registry Management
• Journal of Probability and Statistics
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• National Health Statistics Reports (NHSR)
• National Vital Statistics Reports
• NCHS Data Brief: Public Health
• Pharmaceutical Statistics*
• Scientific Data
• Statistics in Medicine*
• Vital and Health Statistics: data evaluation and methods research

Useful Websites

This section lists some useful websites, organisations, professional bodies, and Patient information sites useful for Health Statistics professionals.

Birmingham Population Health Statistics

www.birmingham.gov.uk/

Census and population information

CancerStats (Cancer Research UK)

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/

Incidence, mortality, survival.

DH: Department of Health Statistics

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/

Statistics available on Abortion, Breastfeeding, hospital Estates and Facilities and Patient experience.  

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/

A hands-on statistical data tool is available.

Heartstats (British Heart Foundation)

https://www.bhf.org.uk/research/heart-statistics

Recent publications: Children & YP, Trends in Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease and Physical Activity statistics.

HES (Hospital Activity Statistics)

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/hes

Data contains all hospital admissions, outpatient appointments and A&E attendances at NHS hospitals in England.

Limbless-Statistics

www.limbless-statistics.org/

A repository for quantitative information on the UK limbless population referred for prosthetics treatment.

Mental Health Statistics

www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ 

The facts and figures around mental health in the UK.

NCEPOD

www.ncepod.org.uk/

National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death. An independent charity.

NHSBT

www.organdonation.nhs.uk/

Statistical data on organ donation.

NHS Confederation

www.nhsconfed.org/

Key statistics on the NHS.

NHS Digital Indicator Portal

https://indicators.hscic.gov.uk/webview/

A comprehensive overview of a number of health and social care indicators.

NHS England

www.england.nhs.uk/

Multiplicity of useful data available.

Nuffield Trust

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/

UK and International comparisons 2019.

Office of Health Economics

https://www.ohe.org/themes/health-statistics-and-data-analyses

Compendium of Health Statistics

Office for National Statistics: ONS

www.ons.gov.uk/

Health and Social Care: Life expectancy, Infant Deaths, Cancer and Alcohol related deaths.

Public Health England

http://www.apho.org.uk/

A single point of access to data and analysis tools from PHE.

UK National Statistics: Publications Hub

www.gov.uk/

The main gateway for UK statistics released by the government departments.

West Midlands: ONS

www.ons.gov.uk/

Census gives insights into characteristics of the West Midlands’ population 

World Health Organization

www.who.org/

Health-related epidemiological and statistical information.