The Health Statistics Users Group (HSUG) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Official Statistics Section are organising a webinar to discuss the statistical approaches used for monitoring the impact of climate on health.
The presentations, a meeting report and a recording of the webinar will be posted on the Health and Care group on StatsUserNetwork (
https://www.statsusernetwork.ons.gov.uk/ ), and also on the HSUG Community on AnalystX within the Future NHS platform (
https://future.nhs.uk/DataAnalytics/view?objectId=59118800#59118800 ) .
People who are not able to attend on the day will be able to view, and comment on, this material.
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AnalystX
If you have an nhs email address, you can register on Future NHS at
https://future.nhs.uk/.
After logging in, go to AnalystX where you will find the HSUG Community – or go directly by using the link
https://future.nhs.uk/DataAnalytics/view?objectId=59118800#59118800
If you do not have an NHS email address and wish to join the HSUG Community on AnalystX please email
info@hsug.org.uk including:
Your name and email address
Your job title and organisation
Your main area(s) of interest (optional)
If you are not familiar with the FutureNHS Platform, then you can get a feel for its content at
https://future.nhs.uk/FNHSforyou.
StatsUserNet
If you wish to register for the StatsUserNetwork site, then follow the link
https://www.statsusernetwork.ons.gov.uk/
Once registered on the new platform, click on ‘Explore’ at the top of the page and then ‘Groups’ to find Health and Social Care.
If you have difficulty accessing either website please contact
webmaster@hsug,org.uk
Claire Hunt and
Ellie Watkins at
ONS will present on the SOSCHI (Standards for Official Statistics on Climate and Health Interactions) methods for temperature-related mortality work. They will also introduce the ONS climate-mortality publication.
Bruce Whyte from
PHS (Public Health Scotland) will present PHS work to estimate the health impacts of climate change in Scotland. This presentation will focus mainly on heat-related mortality but will also mention other related climate health impact work.
A speaker from
Manchester City Council will present work to investigate the implications of high heat events on health at a local level.
Member - FREE
Non-member - £10.00