The 2017 Health Profiles have been published.

The Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using a range of charts and text. They pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of indicators for local populations.

Health Profiles are intended as ‘conversation starters’ to highlight local issues and priorities for members, and for discussion at Health and Wellbeing Boards.

To find your local 2017 Health Profile:

• visit the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles introduction webpage
• insert a postcode, town or local authority in the ‘Find your Health Profile’ search box, located in the top left of the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles introduction webpage

Data for all indicators in the 2017 Health Profiles have been previously published in the Health Profiles online tool and are also available:

View the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles online tool.

The 2018 Local Authority Health Profiles have been published.

The Local Authority Health Profiles pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of health and wellbeing indicators for local populations. They are intended as ‘conversation starters’ to highlight local issues and priorities for members, and for discussion at Health and Wellbeing Boards.

To find your local 2018 Local Authority Health Profile:

• visit the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles introduction webpage
• insert a postcode, town or local authority in the ‘Find your Health Profile’ search box, located in the top left of the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles introduction webpage

Data for all indicators in the 2018 Local Authority Health Profiles have been previously published in the Health Profiles online tool and are also available:

View the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles online tool.

The 2019 Local Authority Health Profiles have been published.

The Local Authority Health Profiles pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of health and wellbeing indicators for local populations. They are intended as ‘conversation starters’ to highlight local issues and priorities for members, and for discussion at Health and Wellbeing Boards.

To find your local 2019 Local Authority Health Profile:

• visit the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Local Authority Health Profiles homepage and insert a postcode, town or local authority in the ‘Find your Health Profile’ search box
• alternatively click on the ‘Downloads’ section of the online tool which can be accessed by clicking ‘Start Go to the data’ on the health profiles homepage

The 2016 Health Profiles have been published.

The Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using a range of charts and text. They pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of indicators for local populations.

Health Profiles are intended as ‘conversation starters’ to highlight local issues and priorities for members, and for discussion at Health and Wellbeing Boards.

There have been a number of changes to indicator definitions, as well as removal and replacement of some indicators for the 2016 Health Profiles.

These indicator changes follow the PHOF refresh in May 2016 and a recent consultation with users of the Health Profiles.

See Health Profiles: August 2016 data update for a document explaining the reasons for the indicator changes.

To find your local 2016 Health Profile:

• http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">visit the Health Profiles introduction webpage
• insert a postcode, town or local authority in the ‘Find your Health Profile’ search box, located in the top left of the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">Health Profiles introduction webpage

Data for all indicators in the 2016 Health Profiles have been previously published in the Health Profiles online tool and are also available:

http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">View the Health Profiles online tool.

The online Health Profiles data has been updated for February 2017.

The online Health Profiles are updated quarterly at the same time as the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF).

The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a user-friendly format. The profiles provide a snapshot overview of health for each local authority in England. These profiles are intended to help local government and health services make plans to improve local people’s health and reduce health inequalities.

This quarterly update contains updates to 5 indicators that are also being updated in PHOF or other PHE tools.

See the attached indicators updated document for full details of what’s in this update.

http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">View the online Health Profiles.

The online Health Profiles data has been updated for May 2018.

Indicators in the Health Profiles are taken from other published profiles in PHE, mainly the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF). These indicators are updated in the online tool at the same time they are published in their originating profiles.

The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a user-friendly format. The profiles provide a snapshot overview of health for each local authority in England. They are intended to help local government and health services make plans to improve local people’s health and reduce health inequalities.

See the attached indicator updates document for full details of the indicators being updated or revised.

View the http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles">online Health Profiles.

Public Health England (PHE) has published the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) data update for June 2015 in a new interactive tool.

The tool presents data for 19 alcohol-related indicators and allows users to view and analyse data in a user-friendly format. The https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles">LAPE website also provides links to further supporting and relevant information to aid understanding of alcohol-related harm in a local population.

http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles">View the Local Alcohol Profiles for England data tool

This update includes:

• more recent data for all indicators
• new indicators relating to reason for hospital admission and benefit claims
• additional gender break downs for mortality and hospital admission indicators

The Interactive Health Atlas of Lung conditions in England (Inhale) tool has now been refreshed and updated to present data about a range of respiratory diseases including COPD and asthma, at CCG level for England.

This release includes updates for hospital admissions based indicators and Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) based indicators. This tool includes data from the https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/atlas-of-variation">2nd Atlas of variation in risk factors and healthcare for respiratory disease and further updates to the tool are planned using the respiratory atlas data.

Public Health England (PHE) has published an update to Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE).

The LAPE interactive tool presents a range of alcohol-related indicators and allows users to view and analyse data in a user-friendly format. The https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles">LAPE website also provides links to further supporting and relevant information to aid understanding of alcohol-related harm in a local population.

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles">View the Local Alcohol Profiles for England data tool

This update includes:

• more recent data for 4 indicators
• changes to 2 of these indicators to take account of revisions to the methods used

View previous Local Alcohol Profiles for England updates

The early years profiles bring together a range of indicators on the health of children aged 0 to 5 years by local area.

Developed by PHE’s National Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network with NHS England, the indicators provide information on public health outcomes for children in their early years.

The https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/child-health/profile/child-health-early-years">early years profiles are designed to help commissioners and providers of health visiting services to assess the priorities and outcomes of the transformation of health visiting services programme. These are as set out in the National health visitor implementation plan for 2011 to 2015.

The Wider Determinants of Health data tool has been updated by Public Health England (PHE).

The tool brings together available indicators at England and local authority levels on the wider determinants of health with links to further resources.

It is designed to:

• draw attention to the broad range of individual, social and environmental factors which influence our health
• provide the public health system with intelligence on the wider determinants of health to help improve population health and reduce health inequalities

This update contains:

• 3 new indicators
• more recent data for 4 indicators

View https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/wider-determinants">Wider Determinants of Health.

The tool remains under development and the indicator domains and resources will be added to over the coming year.

If you would like to send us feedback on the tool please contact wider.determinants@phe.gov.uk.

Annual update of the majority of indicators in the National General Practice Profiles.

This update also consolidates some indicators in the profiles. This is to remove indicators for which Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data is no longer collected and replace indicators based on questions in the https://gp-patient.co.uk/">GP patient survey that have now changed.

The https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/general-practice">National General Practice Profiles are designed to support GPs, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities to commission effective, appropriate healthcare services for their local populations. Users can search for and view data for an individual GP practice and compare them with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and England in a user-friendly format.

We will update the remaining indicators in the profiles in January or February 2019.

The End of Life Care Profiles data update for August 2017 has been published by Public Health England (PHE).

The profiles are designed to improve the availability and accessibility of information around end of life care. The data are presented in an interactive tool that allow users to view and analyse them in a user-friendly format.

The profiles provide a snapshot overview of end of life care at various geographies. They are intended to help local government and health services to improve care at the end of life.

This update contains more recent data for 2 indicators:

• care home beds per 100 people aged 75 years or older
• nursing home beds per 100 people aged 75 years or older

See http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/end-of-life">End of Life Care Profiles.