New NHS Care Plan targets urgency and emergency care as 4 hour A&E performance improves
A new Care Plan is set to improve urgent and emergency care, as the number of A&E attendances dealt within 4 hours increased by 2.9% in April 2025. On Friday, the UK Government and NHS England published a new Urgent and Emergency Care Plan aimed at meeting the following by the end of the 2025/26 […]
Polimapper’s Geodata Wrap-up – Health profiles and NHS waiting times
As the week comes to an end, Polimapper’s data team has pulled together hyper-relevant geographical public data releases from the past few days. From healthcare figures to education, we have got the highlights that matter. Plus, we are giving you a sneak peek at what to expect for next week – so that you are […]
Rate of pupils eligible for free school meals increases ahead of expansion of eligibility requirements
New figures reveal an increase in the rate of pupils eligible for free-school meals, as the government announced this week an expansion of eligibility requirements. This morning, the Department for Education has released new statistics on school and pupil characteristics in England, revealing an over the year increase of nearly 1% in the rate of […]
Gonorrhoea diagnoses drop 15.9% ahead of vaccine rollout
Gonorrhoea diagnoses decrease by 15.9%, as a new vaccine is set to be rolled out this summer. This accompanies an overall trend in the decrease of sexually transmitted infections diagnoses in England. This morning, the UK Health Security Agency released statistics on STIs revealing that 364,750 diagnoses were recorded in 2024, a 8.8% decrease from […]
School Absences Drop in England with Persistent Absence Down 1.8%
Pupil absence rates in England drop by 0.4% in overall absence and 1.8% in persistent absences over the year, new figures show. The Department for Education has released new statistics on pupil attendance for the academic year 2024/2025 to date (9th September to 18th May), showing an 18% persistent and a 6.7% overall absence rate […]
Polimapper’s Geodata Wrap-up – Health Profiles and Household Energy Efficiency
As the week comes to an end, Polimapper’s data team has pulled together hyper-relevant geographical public data releases from the past few days. From energy efficiency figures to HMRC’s tax-free childcare statistics, we have got the highlights that matter. Plus, we are giving you a sneak peek at what to expect for next week – […]
68k energy efficiency measures installed in first quarter of 2025 under scheme to tackle fuel poverty
In the first quarter of 2025 over 68k energy efficiency measures were installed across Great Britain, under a scheme to tackle fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions, figures show. According to the latest data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, around 4.2 million measures were installed in 2.5 million properties through the […]
Record number of families and children using Tax-Free Childcare
A record number of families and children are now using Tax-Free Childcare, new figures show. According to the latest data from HMRC, approximately 580k families were using Tax-Free Childcare for 709k children as of the 31st of March 2025. Polimapper’s visualisation shows that the South East saw the highest number of families and children utilising […]
Polimapper’s Geodata Wrap-up – UK House Prices and Energy Efficiency
As the week comes to an end, Polimapper’s data team has pulled together hyper-relevant geographical public data releases from the past few days. From UK house prices and private rents figures to the latest statistics from the Health Insight Survey, we have got the highlights that matter. Plus, we are giving you a sneak peek […]
Health data across borders: Lessons from the EHDS for the UK and Europe
This year, the European Union launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), a groundbreaking regulation set to revolutionise how health data is accessed, shared and reused across member states. Whilst the legislation won’t impact the UK, the ambitions and infrastructures of the EHDS pose interesting questions over the current health data environment at home. […]