Report
22/01/2021 Eilís Keeble Dr Elizabeth FisherChildren under the age of five accounted for 10% of emergency attendances and 9% of emergency admissions in 2018/19, despite representing less than 6% of the population – what might some of the factors behind this be? This research summary by Eilís Keeble and Dr Elizabeth Fisher considers some of...
Data story
14/01/2021Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. Having looked at acute respiratory outbreak data as schools returned in September 2020, Elizabeth Fisher returns to the same issue today to look at the growth in outbreaks in schools and universi...
Data story
15/10/2020Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, with the country moving through varying states of a second lockdown phase, Sally Gainsbury looks at how the last period of national confinement affected individual wellbeing, finding t...
Data story
10/09/2020Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. As children return to schools this week and universities prepare to open their doors later this month, we look back at national reporting of acute respiratory infection outbreaks to see what prev...
Journal article
03/08/2020Full title: 'A cross-sectional study using the Childhood Measurement Programme for Wales to examine population-level risk factors associated with childhood obesity'
Presentation
28/03/2019Spotlight
27/02/2019The Nuffield Trust's 2019 Summit brought together leaders and experts to rethink the biggest issues in health and social care: from the workforce challenge, to implementing local innovations and the health outcomes of this country's young people.
Press release
26/02/2019 Nigel EdwardsThe Government must take this report seriously or we will continue to fail to give children the best start in life.
Press release
20/02/2019Young people in the UK are making healthier life choices for themselves than before, but are more likely to die from asthma or have a poor quality of life from long-term conditions compared to counterparts in other high-income countries.
Report
20/02/2019 Dr Rakhee Shah Dr Ann Hagell Dr Ronny CheungAdolescents and young adults make up around a fifth of the UK population, yet the significance of this age group is sometimes overlooked in health policy-making. So how does the UK fare when compared internationally on a range of outcomes measuring the health and wellbeing of this age group?