I am forwarding this message from ONS. There is particular concern that ONS' health statistics in their broadest sense and including the demographic population statistics used both as denominators and as context may not be considered as part of ONS' core business and will therefore be vulnerable to cuts. You may have already received this from ONS colleagues directly, but in case not, I am circulating it more widely.
The closing date is December 24 and the Health Statistics Users Group will be submitting a response. So please share your response with HSUG by copying it to [log in to unmask], but make sure you respond yourself as well.
Message from ONS
I believe you are aware of this, but I wanted to be sure that you knew
where on our website to post responses to the user consultation and also
the closing date. We hope we can bring attention to this at the
forthcoming Maternity Statistics Information Exchange meeting.
IMPACT OF THE SPENDING REVIEW 2010 (SR10) ON THE ONS STATISTICAL WORK
PROGRAMME
I am writing to let you know that ONS has launched a consultation to
help inform our business plans in light of the recent SR10 announcement.
The reductions to our budget announced in SR10 mean that we will need to
reduce some of our outputs and services and hence we are seeking your
help to determine the shape of our future work programme.
The consultation is scheduled to last for 8 weeks and is due to close on
24th December 2010. This is shorter than the usual consultation period.
A longer consultation would mean that we would not be able to take
account of the responses in next year’s business plan. I apologise for
any inconvenience this may cause you.
As well as the formal consultation which is available on our website at
www.ons.gov.uk/work-programme-consultation,, we would like to meet with
as many of our key stakeholders as possible over the next month. These
meetings will help us better understand your requirements in terms of
our statistics and services, how they are used, and if outputs are cut
to what degree it would affect you, and to answer any questions.
If you would like to meet with us to discuss further please let us know.
Many thanks,
Julie
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Dr Julie Messer | Principal Researcher Child Health | Centre for Health
Analysis and Life Events | Office for National Statistics | Cardiff Road
| Newport | Wales | NP10 8XG | 01633 456021 |
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