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.
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.
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: Respiratory viruses data to be updated every 2 weeks
From this week we are changing how we publish data for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Adenovirus, human Metapneumovirus (hMPV), Parainfluenza and Rhinovirus.
From 23 May, we will be updating metrics for these topics every 2 weeks instead of weekly. This is in line with a change to the publication frequency of the national surveillance report for the summer period. Weekly updates will resume from October this year.
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: COVID-19 healthcare metrics now updated monthly
In April, the NHS England announced a change to when it will make COVID-19 healthcare data available. Following publication of the April data last week, we have now made these data available on the UKHSA Data Dashboard. This includes data for patients admitted to hospital up to 28 April and patients in hospital up to 30 April.
Due to an issue with data processing, data for the NHS Trust St Magnus Hospital are present to 29 March. We aim to resolve this as soon as possible.
- Entry category: Change to metricEntry title: Changes to when healthcare metrics will be updated
From next month, the NHS is changing how often it publishes healthcare data. From 4 April, updates to healthcare metrics will be paused.
We expect to resume publication on Thursday 16 May. After this date we will publish new data monthly instead of weekly. This change is because NHS England has announced a change to when it will make this data available.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: COVID-19 archive data download added to the dashboard
Following the decommissioning of the COVID-19 in the UK dashboard, you can now download all the historic data on the COVID-19 archive data download page. This is accessed through access our data page.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: JSON bulk downloads added to the dashboard
We have added the ability to download data in bulk via JSON files. This feature can be found on the bulk downloads page.