Author name: Hannah McConnell

Health profiles for four communities in Swindon (Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani) are available in PDF format which can be viewed or downloaded from the Community Profiles page under ‘Profiles & Tools’.

‘Achieving a smoke free society’, Swindon’s latest Tobacco Control Strategy 2023-2028 has now been published and is available to view or download from the  Health and Wellbeing Strategies page of the website.

The findings from a recent qualitative evaluation of the ‘Dads at their Best’ service has been published. ‘Dads at their Best’ (DATB) began in April 2022 and it provides intensive support to first time young fathers and young fathers-to-be within the Swindon area. The DATB programme is funded by Swindon Borough Council. The long-term vision …

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ONS released a census maps tool earlier this year which was updated last month to also show ten-year changes since census 2011. The tool can easily be “interrogated” to produce maps and allows the user to extract/download information on different topics down to a neighbourhood level. It can be accessed via the ONS website. More …

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Using data from the 2021 Census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have produced a tool to create custom datasets. You can do this here.

Using data from the 2021 Census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have produced an interactive tool to explore how the population has changed by local authority. You can view the data for Swindon here.

The Director of Public Health has a statutory requirement, under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, to produce an annual report detailing the health of the population. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the health of people in Swindon.  The 2022 report focuses on ‘Levelling Up’, the national strategy based …

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