Local Health online tool

Local Health, an online tool that presents data on populations in England, has been updated with new indicators and an improved interface.

The tool, which includes indicators on both health outcomes and factors affecting health, enables users to see how the indicators vary across England at local authority and ward levels, using maps, summary charts and more detailed reports to show how local results compare with the national average for each indicator.

Free for anyone to use, Local Health was specifically developed to help councillors, local authority officers and partners in the health and wellbeing process to use the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment dataset to help choose local priorities for health improvement.

For further information, including how to use the tool and explanatory videos, visit www.localhealth.org.uk.