Health

6 great places to find data on health in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Where do you find data to put your story into context – or give you ideas for stories in the first place? Here are some of the places that come in handy for understanding health in England and the UK … Continue reading

Full Fact publishes Health data for factchecking

The factchecking site Full Fact has launched a new section on its website hosting key data on the health service. The Full Fact Finder covers 5 areas: immigration, education, the economy, crime and the law – and health. Data on … Continue reading

Serious Untoward Incidents and FOI

Every time something goes wrong in the NHS it creates a paper trail… And that means that investigators can use the Freedom of Information Act to find out exactly what has happened. THE SYSTEM If something happens on a ward … Continue reading

Health regulator Monitor – get the data: organogram and staff pay

The health regulator Monitor has published data on its structure, including posts, pay scales, and an organogram (PDF) (shown above). The data is particularly useful if you are trying to trace responsibility within the organisation. If you find the data useful, … Continue reading

Get the data: Freedom of Information contact details for every clinical commissioning group

Help Me Investigate has compiled a list of Freedom of Information emails for the new bodies overseeing local health spending in England. The list was compiled for Health Service Journal by Tom Warren and Matt Burgess, and is reproduced here … Continue reading

Video: the roles at one CCG explained

Staff at Stockport CCG have published a series of brief videos explaining their roles, which provide a useful introduction to the new system of paying for health services. The videos include the Chief Finance Officer Dan Jones (below), the Chief … Continue reading

The new NHS: what it means for journalists

There was laughter in the room when John Lister ironically described the new NHS structure as “streamlined” and shared a Guardian graphic of the new bureaucracy. It set the tone for the NUJ’s Reporting on our health services masterclass, aimed … Continue reading

Transcripts: NUJ event – Reporting on our health services

The European Health Journalism website has published transcripts of the NUJ masterclass this month where I spoke about investigating health. Direct links are copied below: Presentation slides on the new NHS structures Transcript of speech by John Lister, senior lecturer … Continue reading

AUDIO: Health journalists speak at NUJ Reporting Health event

Last night Help Me Investigate attended the NUJ’s event on reporting the new health system. Panelists John Lister (Coventry University), Shaun Lintern (Health Service Journal) and Branwen Jeffreys (BBC) spoke in turn about how the new health system is structured … Continue reading

Tracking accountability and money in the new health system – diagram

The King’s Fund published the above diagram as part of a report on Good Governance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (PDF) in the new health system. It’s one of the best diagrams we’ve seen so far explaining where accountability lies within the … Continue reading