by Peter Loader | May 15, 2024 | National Statistics
From January 2024 the Office of National Statistics changed how it calculated expected deaths. This impacts on reporting of excess deaths statistics and I thought it would be interesting to understand the impact and assess the new method. One interesting effect is...
by Peter Loader | Mar 25, 2024 | Policing
Up to 38 million hours of police time, equal to over 21,358 officers, can be freed up over the next 5 years is the headline finding from the Policing Productivity Review report published by the Home Office in November 2023. My insight into the review draws on...
by Peter Loader | Mar 15, 2024 | Emergency Medical Services
“The NHS is to introduce Electric Ambulances” with a pilot due to start “across swaithes of the country” according to today’s Daily Telegraph. Apparently, an evaluation in West Midlands Ambulance Service has already been undertaken with...
by Peter Loader | Mar 4, 2024 | For Fun
I’ve now launched a new website at https://dawlishinoo.co.uk/ describing my Dawlish model railway. If you are interested to know what I get up to in my spare time, go and have a look! If not, creating a link from another website helps with its search engine...
by Peter Loader | Jan 26, 2024 | National Statistics, Policing
Clare’s Law disclosure rates appeared in the news this month. Published statistics have been used to claim that police forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers. On the other hand, some police...