The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Roger Halliday about use of hospital admission data

11 June 2021 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 11 June 2021. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Roger Halliday: Use of hospital admission data; it links to 1 official record. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“As you are already aware, we have been contacted around the use of unpublished hospital admission data by the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf, on 2 June.”

“We highlighted this as a data gap in a statement we published in December 2020.”

“We were pleased to see that the figure used by the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care was published as part of an ad-hoc release which included an explanatory note to support any future interpretation.”

“Whilst we understand that on this occasion, it was a genuine mistake, which was quickly corrected, I would like to re-iterate the importance of ensuring ministers are appropriately briefed and any figures referred to publicly must be made available.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 11 June 2021. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• published as part of an ad-hoc release

Receipt