The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to James Wells about use of data on patients in specialist care by vaccination status

15 December 2021 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 15 December 2021. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to James Wells: Use of data on patients in specialist care by vaccination status. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“We have reviewed the tweets by the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and associated article published by The Times.”

“These statistics support the statement in The Times that, according to the latest data, 90% of patients in specialist care were unvaccinated.”

“These data were updated on 10 December and the report now states, “The percentage of patients admitted to critical care with confirmed COVID-19 that were unvaccinated decreased from 75% in May 2021 to 48% in November 2021 (Figure 27), consistent with the decreasing proportion of the general population who were unvaccinated”.”

“In this case, we have ensured that any unpublished data referred to publicly are published and have also raised the issue with the Secretary of State for DCMS’s office.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 15 December 2021. Read the full letter.

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