PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Indicators for England and Local Authorities

Public Health England's Public Health Outcomes Framework is a compendium of public health outcomes indicators presented at England and upper-tier local authority levels. Indicators are split over four domains: improving the wider determinants of health, health improvement, health protection, and healthcare, public health and preventing premature mortality. The dataset is designated as Official Statistics and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in public health outcomes based on the four indicator domains.
• Compare health outcomes and inequalities across different local authorities in England.
• Inform public health policy and resource allocation based on official health statistics.

Strengths

• Indicators are structured across four defined public health domains.
• Data is produced by Public Health England and designated as Official Statistics.
• Geographic coverage includes both England and upper-tier local authority levels.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or institutional bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Public Health England, Department of Health and Social Care

Collection Method

Compiled from official statistics and administrative data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:34.523218; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and upper-tier local authorities