Publication, Part of Statistics on Local Stop Smoking Services in England
Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England, April 2023 to March 2024 (Q4, Annual)
Official statistics
Part 4 - Data Quality
Data Quality
This section presents information for a variety of data quality measures for 2023/24 and across the previous 11 years. For further information about data quality measures, please consult the Data Quality Statement, which accompanies this publication.
Proportion of unknown data items
The proportion of quit attempts where the outcome is unknown/lost to follow up is 18.9% in 2023/24. This has increased for the third year in a row from 15.8% in 2020/21, and is similar to the last financial year before the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019/20 (19.3%). This is the fourth lowest level in the last 11 years. Before 2020/21, the proportion of quit attempts where the outcome is unknown had decreased annually from 23% in 2014/15.
The proportion of records with a missing socio-economic code is 10.7% in 2023/24. This figure had increased gradually between 2019/20 (8.4%) 2022/23 (12.4%). Prior to this the proportion of records with a missing socio-economic code remained consistently between 8.7% and 9.0% from 2015/16 to 2018/19.
There was a sharp increase in the proportion of records with an intervention setting categorised as 'Other' from 2019/20 to 2021/22, from 3.2% to 11.6%. This coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. While there was a decrease in 2022/23 (8.7%), the proportion of records with an intervention setting categorised as 'Other' has increased to 10.6% in 2023/24.
The proportion of records where ethnic group was not stated increased gradually from 2019/20 (4.3%) to 2022/23 (6.6%). There has been a decrease in 2023/24 to 6.3%. However, this remains above 6.0% for the second time since before 2013/14.
Non-submitting local authorities
8 LAs did not submit any data for 2023/24. Some non-submitting LAs will still be running Stop Smoking Services but not submitting data. Some LAs will no longer be running Stop Smoking Services. For other non-submitting LAs it is not possible to ascertain which category the LA falls into. The non-submitting LAs in 2023 are:
- Bolton,
- Bromley,
- Cheshire East,
- Cumberland,
- Enfield,
- Shropshire,
- Westmorland and Furness,
- Wolverhampton.
Bromley and Enfield contacted NHS England to inform that they will no longer be running Stop Smoking Services.
See tables 4.3a and 4.3b for further information.
No estimates have been made for the LAs not submitting data.
Last edited: 18 July 2024 9:17 am