Organisations should be making the health and well-being of their staff a core priority, and using interventions like physiotherapy to help people return to work. This is according to new guidance on workplace health, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). It covers how to help people return to work after long-term sickness absence, reduce recurring sickness...
The highest ever levels of activity have been recorded by Sport England’s latest Active Lives Adult Survey, with 1 million more people physically active than when the survey began. Based on data gathered from 180,000 respondents (aged 16+) in the 12 months from May 2018 to May 2019, 1,015,700 more people are active compared to when the survey started, in 2015. That...
We aim to make best use of information and create new understanding to help London become the most physically active city in the world. By contributing to and utilising open data to present key information and publish insights, our partners will have access to the knowledge that will support them in using insight to increase their impact. What is open data? Open...
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The PHE Obesity Risk Factors Intelligence team have produced supporting indicators for the excess weight in adults (aged 18 and over) data in the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF). Local authority prevalence data is broken down into BMI categories: underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese, severe obesity and excess weight. The data reveals that there more people in...
England’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has published her ninth report as CMO. Health impacts of all pollution – what do we know? discusses the threat to health posed by pollution to people living in England. The report for 2017 presents evidence and debate around: * pollution caused by healthcare* pollution and health inequalities* new pollution issues* measurement and...
The Department of Transport has released the latest Transport Statistics for Great Britain for 2017. A total of 801 billion miles were travelled across the UK. This publication breaks down the statistics by travel mode, trip purpose, road casualties and commuting trends. Key findings include: - Walking trips accounted for 3% of the total distance travelled and cycling accounted for 1%...
This dataset presents Sport England Active People Survey data from APS 1 (2005/06) through to APS10 (2015/16). Data is broken down by: - Total participation rate by age by borough
This dataset presents Sport England Active People Survey data from APS 2 (2007/08) through to APS10Q2 (2015/16). Data is broken down by: - Latent demand for physical activity and sport by inactive and active groupings
This dataset presents Sport England Active People Survey data from APS 7 (2012/13) through to APS 9 (2014/15). Data is broken down by: - Total physical activity rate by inactives, insufficiently actives and actives