What's new
Last updated on Thursday, 13 June 2024 at 09:31am
We regularly update the dashboard with new data and features. Here we'll show a timeline of changes that have happened outside of the weekly data refresh.
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: Completion of autumn 2023 COVID-19 vaccination campaign
The autumn 2023 vaccination campaign for COVID-19 and influenza ended on 31 January 2024. From 15 February, we will no longer be updating COVID-19 vaccination datasets or charts. Read more about the vaccination campaign from NHS England.
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: Change to COVID-19 deaths metrics
On 4 January 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) stopped publishing data on deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate by date of death occurrence. This data was previously used to create the deaths charts and headline numbers on the UKHSA data dashboard.
As the data is no longer being updated, we have changed the dashboard to show deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate by date of registration. This data is also published by ONS, and is aggregated by week instead of presented by day.
Data for daily deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate by date of death occurrence up to 29 December 2023 is still available to download from the dashboard, and all data on deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate can also be found on the ONS website.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Area selectors added to the dashboard
We have added area selectors to the dashboard to make it easier for users to see data about their local area. Users can now filter available data based on different geographical regions:
- UKHSA regions for cases and testing
- ONS (Office for National Statistics) regions for deaths
- NHS regions for healthcare statistics
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: Regional data available for RSV testing
We’ve added a breakdown of weekly positivity by region. Please visit What's coming for more information on changes we’ll be making soon to allow users to see data for their local area.
- Entry category: New metricEntry title: New hospitalisation metrics added for influenza
In addition to admission rates to ICU/HDU, we’re now showing data for overall hospital admission rates.
- Entry category: Data issueEntry title: Issue: COVID-19 deaths data
Due to a data issue, COVID-19 deaths data are only available to 29th December 2023. We aim to resolve this as soon as possible.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Metrics documentation search functionality
We've added a search function to the metrics documentation. This offers the ability to search by key words and access metrics more quickly.
- Entry category: Data issueEntry title: Resolved: duplicated rows in bulk download files
We've fixed an error that was creating duplicated rows in files downloaded via the bulk download function. We appreciate the user feedback we received flagging this issue.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Metrics documentation added
We've added detailed information about available data metrics. This will cover:
- definition (what the metric is)
- rationale (why we’re showing the metric)
- methodology (how the metric is collected and calculated)
- caveats (additional information that will help users to understand what the metric is showing)
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: Statement of compliance with Code of Practice for Statistics added
We've added a statement of voluntary compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statement outlines how the dashboard meets the requirements of the three pillars of the Code of Practice - trustworthiness, quality and value - to ensure that users can have confidence in the data.