This dataset contains the minutes of recent meetings of the Data Ethics Committee. What is the purpose of the Data Ethics Committee? The Data Ethics Committee is made up of colleagues - both retired and currently working - who bring a wide range of experience in data and ethics from across different organisations. Volunteering their time, they come together to independently review projects...
Healthy life expectancy is the number of years a baby born today is expected to live in 'good health', provided that current mortality and health trends remain fixed over their lifetime. There is interest in understanding how healthy life expectancy varies within Essex. This has not been possible due to the data not being available at small areas below district...
Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of preventable ill health and premature mortality. Health inequalities among routine and manual workers can be influenced by a complex interplay of occupational hazards, health behaviours, and wider socioeconomic determinants. Health behaviours play a significant role, with routine and manual workers exhibiting higher rates of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and obesity compared to...
The JSNA Greater Essex Profiles offer a high-level overview of health for each lower-tier local authority in Greater Essex. They pull together existing information and data on a range of indicators for local populations, highlighting issues that can affect health in each locality. These reports should be used alongside the comprehensive suite of Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) dashboards. These documents...
Mental health is far more than just the absence of illness. It is a dynamic state of wellbeing where individuals can navigate everyday stresses, work productively, and contribute meaningfully to their communities. In Essex, the latest Adult Emotional and Mental Wellbeing needs assessment (2025) outlines why prioritizing our collective mental health is essential for a thriving society. Note: This folder contains two...
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation in England. It is part of the Indices of Deprivation (IoD), which look at different aspects of disadvantage. IMD uses a well-established method to define deprivation broadly, covering many areas of life such as income, employment, health, education, housing, and living environment. The IMD 2025 initial report highlights...
Greater Essex Trends has been developed to describe and communicate some of the key challenges and drivers of change that are shaping the lives of people across our diverse communities. It describes some of the strengths of Greater Essex and the opportunities we will have to grow, learn, and prosper in the years ahead. By bringing these different threads together,...
The Supported and Specialist Housing and Accommodation Need Assessment (2025) (SSHANA) provides estimates of future need for supported and specialist housing and accommodation for the administrative area of Essex County Council. It does not include the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. The SSHANA covers adult and children population groups who draw on Social Care support funded by Essex County Council...
Safer Essex is the statutory county-wide Strategy Group for community safety, bringing together partners from across Essex, Southend, and Thurrock to coordinate the partnership response to community safety issues. Each District/City/Borough/Unitary council area in Essex also has its own Community Safety Partnership. Every year, Community Safety Partnerships are required to carry out an assessment of crime and anti-social behaviour in the...
Childhood in Essex The world children and young people are growing up in today has substantially changed from the childhood of previous generations. As such, it’s important for decision makers to put themselves in the shoes of current children and young people, to understand the new opportunities and challenges that they face - as the decisions made now will shape their...
