CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL: To provide data for the purposes of local public health intelligence in Suffolk, including needs assessment, support to local CCGs and ad hoc requests for analysis of hospital acti

Data-sharing agreement from NHS Digital registers of approved data releases, 2014–2019. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL
Source reference: DARS-NIC-11552-L0V6B-v0.5
Jurisdiction: England
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Register reference: DARS-NIC-11552-L0V6B-v0.5
Agreement period: not published to no end date published
For commercial purposes (as marked in the register): Not stated
Release files listed by NHS England: 3

Data approved

HES Data Interrogation System

Objective, as published

To provide data for the purposes of local public health intelligence in Suffolk, including needs assessment, support to local CCGs and ad hoc requests for analysis of hospital activity data. The data provided by HDIS will be used by the Local Authorities in fulfilment of its public health function, specifically to support and improve: 1. the local responsiveness, targeting and value for money of commissioned public health services; 2. the statutory ‘core offer’ public health advice and support provided to local NHS commissioners; 3. the local specificity and relevance of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Health and Wellbeing Strategies produced in collaboration with NHS and voluntary sector partners on the Health and Wellbeing Board; 4. the local focus, responsiveness and timeliness of health impact assessments; and, among other benefits 5. the capability of the local public health intelligence service to undertake comparative longitudinal analyses of patterns of and variations in: a. the incidence and prevalence of disease and risks to public health; b. demand for and access to treatment and preventative care services; c. variations in health outcomes between groups in the population; d. the level of integration between local health and care services; and e. the local associations between causal risk factors and health status and outcomes. The main statutory duties and wider public health responsibilities supporting these processing objectives are as follows: 1. Sta…

Expected benefits, as published

Access to the data enables the local authority to undertake locally-focused and locally-responsive analyses of health status and health outcomes. For example, the data are used to produce analyses of health inequalities for non-standard geographies and for specific social or ethnic groups in the local population to help ensure that the health challenges facing the local population – particularly the most disadvantaged – have been identified and responded to appropriately by the Local Authority and its partners. Examples include: The council is in the process of developing outcome targets for local priorities. One priority is to reduce falls admissions including to reduce the inequality gap. The use of HDIS has been instrumental in providing evidence of inequalities experienced within the…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/24614/Release-Register-March---May-2017/xls/Release_Register__March_-_May_20171.xlsx. Captured 2026-10-30.

Limitations: Agreement as recorded in an NHS Digital register of approved data releases (2014–2019), retrieved from the UK Government Web Archive. That register lists releases made in its period and the agreement's purpose statement as it then stood; it gives no agreement dates, and the agreement may have changed since. Imported only where a paper quotes a reference no current register holds.