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Public Health Observatories (PHOs) produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, commissioners, policy makers and the wider community. Our expertise lies in turning information and data into meaningful health intelligence.

This website brings together the national work and products developed by the network of nine PHOs in England (formerly the Association of Public Health Observatories - APHO). Each PHO has a policy lead area.

Community Mental Health Profiles

Profiles for every local authority in England giving an overview of mental health risks, prevalence and services at a local, regional and national level.

Local Authority Child Health Profiles 2012

How healthy are children and young people in your area? View key child health indicators and compare performance locally, regionally and nationally.

The European Health Profile Tool

Comparisons of demographic, morbidity, risk factors and mortality indicators across regions of Europe plus information on health care systems and financing.

National General Practice Profiles

Revised and updated December 2011 - The profiles are designed to support GPs, clinical commissioning groups and PCTs to ensure that they are providing and commissioning effective and appropriate healthcare services for their local population.

Disease Prevalence Estimates

Updated modelled estimates of the prevalence of five long-term conditions with significant impact on the health and wellbeing of the population are now available to inform commissioning of services, and to support case finding and targeting of resources.

Health inequalities intervention tool 2010

The Health Inequalities Intervention Toolkit is designed to assist evidence-based local service planning and commissioning, including Joint Strategic Needs Assessments

CMO celebrates PHOs 10th Anniversary

Speech by Chief Medical Officer regarding the ten year anniversary of the Public Health Observatories

Injury Profiles

The Injury Profiles provide a snapshot of injuries occurring in each local authority in England. Interactive maps and charts enable comparisons to be made regionally and nationally for over 40 injury related indicators.

Small Area Indicators for Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

Updated March 2012 - The PHOs in England have updated the set of indicators at MSOA level for use by organisations carrying out joint strategic needs assessment. The indicators include population estimates, mortality, hospitalisation, lifestyle and socio-economic data.

Local Tobacco Control Profiles

Revised and updated January 2012 - The profiles bring together a detailed picture of the burden of smoking-related disease, costs and action for every local authority and primary care trust in England.

Health inequality indicators for local authorities and primary care organisa ...

The PHOs have published updated data on health inequalities within each local authority and primary care organisation in England. The statistic presented is the slope index of inequality in life expectancy, for males and for females. Summaries are provided for each area.

Marmot Indicators for Local Authorities in England 2012

London Health Observatory has updated the key indicators used to monitor health inequalities in Fair Society, Healthy Lives.

National End of Life Care Intelligence Network

Launch of the new National End of Life Care Intelligence Network