Designated medical and clinical officers
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Data on whether local authority area has a Designated Medical Officer (DMO) or Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) in place on census day
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Education, health and care plans
- Release
- Reporting year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority
- Indicators
- Designated clinical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting)
- Designated medical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting)
- Person performing role of designated medical/clinical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting)
- Time period
- 2017 to 2023
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | dmo | dco | dmodcofunction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 805 | E06000001 | Hartlepool | N | Y | z |
| 2023 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 815 | E10000023 | North Yorkshire | N | Y | z |
| 2023 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 384 | E08000036 | Wakefield | Y | Y | z |
| 2023 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000006 | East of England | 935 | E10000029 | Suffolk | Y | Y | z |
| 2023 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | N | Y | z |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| dco | Designated clinical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting) |
| dmo | Designated medical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting) |
| dmodcofunction | Person performing role of designated medical/clinical officer in place (Yes/No/Recruiting) |
Footnotes
- Data collected until 2022. No further data from 2023
- From 2023, the data collection changed from aggregated figures at local authority level, to a person level collection. This has been a major change in approach and as such care should be taken with comparisons across this period. Further detail on the change is provided in the publication and supporting methodology.
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