Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 114500 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, who the members are of the Health Statistics Leadership Forum; and on what dates it met in the last 12 months.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The current members of the Health and Care Statistics Leadership Forum are:
Deputy Director, Statistics and Data Science and Head of Profession for Statistics at the Department (Chair), and an appointed deputy;
Deputy Director for Population Health Analysis at the Department;
Deputy Director of Analysis – Clinical Outcomes and Indicators and Head of Profession for Statistics at NHS England;
Head of Data Science and Advance Analytics at NHS Business Services Authority;
Deputy Director for Population Statistics at the Office for National Statistics, and an appointed deputy;
Head of Profession for Statistics at UK Health Security Agency (currently vacant), and appointed deputies; and
Head of Quantitative Methods at Care Quality Commission.
In the last 12 months, the forum met on the following dates:
10 June 2026;
13 May 2026;
22 April 2026;
18 March 2026;
11 February 2026;
14 January 2026;
26 November 2025;
10 September 2025; and
30 July 2025.
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