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Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool

National monitoring tool that brings together metrics to assess the wider impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on health.

From:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Published
16 July 2020
Last updated
13 June 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Data for metrics published in WICH online tool

ODS, 15.9 MB

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WICH metric definitions

ODS, 158 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Grocery purchasing report: November 2020

PDF, 875 KB, 38 pages

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Grocery purchasing report, charts and tables: November 2020

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Details

Following the health and social care statistical outputs consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has formally stopped updates to the  wider impacts of COVID-19 on health (WICH)  monitoring tool. Files with data for the metrics published in the WICH online tool and their definitions have been added to this page.

The WICH monitoring tool collates metrics across a range of wider impacts to provide stakeholders with a single point of access. This will enable stakeholders to:

  • monitor changes over time or against an agreed point in time
  • make timely, informed decisions
  • intervene early to mitigate against poor outcomes
  • understand the wider context on population health

The WICH tool was first published on 16 July 2020. Since then, we have continually developed the tool to include additional metrics and make it easier to use.

On 1 October 2021, Public Health England (PHE) closed and responsibility for the WICH tool transferred to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

On 5 November 2020, PHE published an in-depth commentary and associated tables on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on grocery shopping behaviours during the period March to June 2020.

Please send any questions or comments to pha-ohid@dhsc.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 16 July 2020
Last updated 13 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 2 documents ('Data for metrics published in WICH online tool' and 'WICH metric definitions') to replace link to the WICH monitoring tool.

  2. Removed the call-out box as the WICH tool is now available.

  3. Added a contact email address so users can request WICH data by email if they urgently require it.

  4. Added the following text 'The WICH tool is currently only intermittently available. We are working to resolve this issue'.

  5. Updated page announcing a pause to the WICH monitoring tool.

  6. Update to tool.

  7. Monthly update to tool.

  8. Update to tool.

  9. Added change in release times for WICH.

  10. Monthly update to tool.

  11. Monthly update to tool.

  12. Monthly update to tool.

  13. Monthly update to tool.

  14. Monthly update to tool.

  15. Monthly update to tool.

  16. Monthly update to tool.

  17. Monthly update to tool.

  18. Monthly update to tool.

  19. Monthly update to tool.

  20. Monthly update to tool (release 36).

  21. Monthly update to tool (release 35). The indicator update table has now moved to an Excel format within the tool.

  22. Added monthly indicator table.

  23. Added monthly indicator table.

  24. Added monthly indicator table.

  25. Added weekly indicator table.

  26. Added weekly indicator table.

  27. Added weekly indicator table.

  28. Updated with 4 February 2021 data release.

  29. Added link to WICH tool feedback questionnaire.

  30. Updated with 28 January 2021 data release.

  31. Updated with 21 January 2021 data release.

  32. Updated with 14 January 2021 data release.

  33. Updated with 7 January 2021 data release.

  34. Updated with new data release.

  35. Updated with new data release and commentary.

  36. Updated with new data release.

  37. Updated with new data release and commentary.

  38. Updated with new data release.

  39. Updated with new data release.

  40. Updated with new data release, plus report and associated data on the impact of COVID-19 on grocery shopping behaviours.

  41. Updated with new data release.

  42. Updated with new data release.

  43. Updated with new data release.

  44. Updated with new data release.

  45. Updated with new data release.

  46. Added new indicator table and commentary.

  47. Added new table of indicators and commentary.

  48. Updated with new data release.

  49. Updated with new data release.

  50. Updated with new data release.

  51. Updated with new data release.

  52. Updated with new data release.

  53. Updated with new data release.

  54. Updated with new data release.

  55. Added new table of indicators and commentary.

  56. First published.

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