These resources inform about prevention, detection, treatment, and management of long-term health conditions.

The list of links was updated in November 2023.

Cancer

• The cancer services profiles are for commissioners and health professionals to use when assessing the impact of cancer on their local population and making decisions about services. They include data on cancer incidence and screening, diagnostic services, two-week wait (TWW) referrals, emergency presentations and admissions.

Cardiovascular disease

• Cardiovascular disease data and analysis: guide for health professionals explains how commissioners and health professionals can use data and analysis for decisions about cardiovascular services and interventions.
• Cardiovascular disease data profiling tool and other data resources in OHID’s Fingertips tool.
• Cardiovascular disease - Return on Investment tool (2018) is a resource to help commissioners provide cost-effective interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease.

COVID-19

• COVID-19: impacts on health - reports and tools support the monitoring of the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on the population.

Musculoskeletal conditions

• Musculoskeletal diseases profile local authority level data tool.
• Musculoskeletal conditions: return on investment tool is a tool to help local commissioners provide cost-effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
• Chronic pain in adults 2017 (2020) is an analysis of self-reported chronic pain from 2017 Health Survey for England data.
• Musculoskeletal health: 5 year prevention strategic framework (2019).

Oral and dental health

• Inequalities in oral health in England (2021) report describes the current picture of oral health inequalities and oral health services inequalities in England and ways to reduce them.
• Oral health toolkit for adults in care homes (2020).
• Commissioning better oral health for vulnerable older people (2018) offers guidance on Resources to support commissioners in improving the oral health of vulnerable older people.

Respiratory disease

• Inhale - INteractive Health Atlas of Lung conditions in England is an online tool showing data from a range of sources about respiratory diseases including COPD and asthma. 

Sight loss

The vision profile brings together population rates across the whole eye pathway, giving local areas comparable indicators of risk factors, healthcare and outcomes to support commissioning and planning.

Atlas of variation in risk factors and healthcare for vision in England (2021)