The Health Index for England

In the Chief Medical Officer for England's 2018 independent annual report, we called development of a composite health index.1Pearson-Stuttard J Murphy O Davies SC A new Health Index England: Officer's report.Lancet. 2019; 393: 10-11Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar, 2Davies Annual Report Officer, 2018. 2040—better within reach. Department & Social Care, London2018Google Scholar We are delighted that UK Office National Statistics (ONS) has developed and published beta version such an index,3UK StatisticsDeveloping 2015 to 2018.https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/articles/developingthehealthindexforengland/2015to2018Date: Dec 3, 2020Date accessed: December 11, 2020Google alongside useful Explorer tool. The initial recommendation index was grounded in two key themes. First, good is asset our economy opportunity prosperity happiness each us. This not been valued sufficiently. Good influenced by risk factors social commercial drivers environment live in, all which unequal across society. Second, inequalities (measured healthy life expectancy) even worse than expectancy, with most deprived 10% women having 18·8 years fewer least women.4UK StatisticsHealth state expectancies, UK: 2016 2018.https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcarehealthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/healthstatelifeexpectanciesuk/2016to2018Date: 2019Date should estimate how stock varies communities while providing more granular insights before, enable meaningful action against these inequalities. ONS taken this concept Index, on 2020, as experimental statistic consultation.3UK commend its work. covers England from 2018, broken down into upper-tier local authorities, aim extending devolved nations future. three domains: people, focuses outcomes; (2) lives, captures health-related behaviours; (3) places, wider determinants environmental factors. Each domain made up subdomains indicators, largely derived publicly available data. findings illustrative complexities make collective health. slight decline overall since masks great variations trends—improvements lives declines places people. people aggregation improvements wellbeing larger physical mental morbidity. There large regional variations: southern regions achieve higher scores domains, affluent authority (Wokingham) 110·5, compared just 86·4 (Blackpool). partnered Lane Clark Peacock, London-based financial services company, publish Explorer, interactive visualisation tool enabling exploration way indicators have changed over time authority. under consultation until March 2021, ahead publishing final later year. provide framework valuing informing decisions effectively level country. will depend part relevant, useable, interpretable data Heath individuals public policy. urge everyone engage help translate repositioning addressing JP-S Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London, Vice-Chair Royal Society Public Health, Head Analytics also Editor-in-Chief report recommended Index. SCD Master Trinity College, Cambridge, her reportThe report1 looks 2040. four main areas: nation's primary asset, creating prioritises health, emerging technologies, preparing future through “futures thinking”, including forecasts Institute Metrics Evaluation's Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study. highlights know what do improve next decades many cases green shoots brighter visible now. Full-Text