What's new
Last updated on Thursday, 13 February 2025 at 08:35pm
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: UpdateEntry title: New measles charts
We have updated the content on the dashboard's dedicated measles page. You can now view charts showing the proportion of cases in each age group, as well cases by UKHSA region. We have also added a new chart showing the number of cases attributed to each of the 25 upper-tier local authorities in England with the highest number of measles cases.
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: Update to our public API
We have launched a new version of our public API to make the data it returns easier to read. To help the transition, we will provide support for the old version of the API until Monday 14 October. You can access it through our Swagger documentation.
- Entry category: New contentEntry title: Healthcare-associated infections data added to the dashboard
We have added data for six healthcare-associated infections on to the UKHSA data dashboard.
You can now use the dashboard to check new cases since August 2023.
We will update the data on the first Thursday of the month at 4pm.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Change to the navigation menu on the UKHSA Data Dashboard
We have changed the menu design on the dashboard. Previously, the menu was to the left of the data.
Now, the menu can be accessed from a drop down at the top right. From here, you can access health topics, services and information.
- Entry category: Data issueEntry title: Resolved: Issue with COVID-19 cases data
We have resolved the issue with the COVID-19 cases and case rates data. Updated data has been published.
The NHS has made some changes to its geographic regions which affects some of the data on the dashboard.
The NHS Trust St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has merged with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This affects COVID-19 data for patients and admissions to these hospitals. The data for both trusts have merged. This will also affect the previous time series for this data.
Some other changes affect users of our API extracting data using geography_code:
- the NHS Region "Midlands" was [E40000008] and is now [E40000011]
- the NHS Region ''North East and Yorkshire" [E45000009] is now [E40000012]
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: Updated measles chart
We have updated the chart showing measles cases by week of symptom onset.
The cases are now represented by markers connected by straight lines to show the data more accurately. We have also added a new colour palette to make it easier to distinguish between different trend lines.
A blue shaded section now shows the reporting delay, affecting the last 4 weeks of data collected. This replaces the dashed lines that we previously used to represent these data. The figures shown in this period are likely to underestimate the number of cases. This happens because of a delay between data collection and the time it takes to process it.
- Entry category: New contentEntry title: Measles data added to the dashboard
We have added measles data to the UKHSA data dashboard. This follows a rapid increase in cases in England since October 2023.
You can now use the dashboard to check new measles cases, cases since October 2023 and breakdowns by age group and region.
We will update the data every Thursday at 9.30am.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Weather health alerts now available
From today, Monday 3 June, you can now use the dashboard to see Weather health alerts warning of either hot or cold weather.
Weather health alerts provide early warnings of adverse weather affecting health and wellbeing.
You can view all current Heat health alerts or Cold health alerts in England, issued according to the season. Each alert details the impact on health and wellbeing in line with their severity.
You can also view a map showing any alerts issued.
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: COVID-19 spring 2024 vaccination data added to the dashboard
We've added data for the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign to the dashboard. Overall uptake can be found on the homepage and more detailed breakdowns can be found on the COVID-19 topic page.