What is in here
193 publications from 55 organisations, cited 1142 times across 149 pages. 180 of those publications are primary sources — the organisation that produced the data, in its own publication.
How we choose and date a source is set out in our sources. The figures we have recorded from official releases are on key figures, and how we hold ourselves to all of it is on our standards.
Publishers we cite
- Private Healthcare Information Network
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Financial Ombudsman Service
- Competition and Markets Authority
- NHS England
- NHS
- UK Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
- Care Quality Commission
- Association of British Insurers
- GOV.UK
- GRiD (Group Risk Development)
- Public Health Scotland
- HM Revenue & Customs
- Aviva
- Welsh Government
- Cancer Research UK
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Bupa
- British Heart Foundation
- Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
- Which? Money
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
- StatsWales
- WPA
- Nuffield Health
- British Medical Association
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme
- General Medical Council
- MoneyHelper (Money and Pensions Service)
- Practice Plus Group
- Association of British Insurers and GRiD (reported by Cover Magazine)
- Circle Health Group
- GoPrivate.com
- HCA Healthcare UK
- Legal & General
- NHS inform
- WTW
- NHS 111 Wales
- Office for National Statistics
- Ramsay Health Care UK
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- Bank of England
- Clarity Ultrasound
- Diabetes UK
- HSC Northern Ireland
- Moorfields Private
- MyTribe Insurance
- Optegra
- Parkinson’s UK
- Phoenix Ultrasound
- Saga
- Sono Clinic
- Spire Harpenden Hospital
- SunLife
If a source is out of date
Official statistics are re-published on a schedule, so always check the linked release for the latest edition. If you think we are relying on something superseded or wrong, please tell us and we will check it against the publication and correct the page.
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