Health Surveys Service
We have the expertise and experience of running and commissioning complex national health surveys on behalf of government departments and public bodies.
The surveys service we offer
Our analysts and data experts have experience of running complex health surveys and we can facilitate national surveys on behalf of government departments and public bodies.
The service includes:
- offering advice on running and commissioning national surveys
- commissioning and managing whole surveys
- including additional questions in existing surveys
- including additional sample boosts in existing surveys (such as for a certain geographical area or demographic group)
Costs for this service
There is no charge for this data apart from when a bespoke version of the product has been requested.
If you are interested in funding content or commissioning a survey you can get in touch to discuss your requirements and we will provide costings.
If you are interested in requesting data, all of our surveys are available as anonymised datasets from the UK Data Service at no charge.
If you wish to request a bespoke version of the survey data there will be a charge for this.
Examples of surveys that we run
National surveys funded by the NHS Digital include:
Large surveys that we run on behalf of other organisations include:
- Adult Dental Health Survey
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
- Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys
- Children's Dental Health Survey
- Survey of Carers in Households
- The Infant Feeding Survey (covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- What About Youth?
Other surveys of interest include:
- National Maternity Survey
- Questions on general health, use of services and smoking and drinking prevalence were included in the ONS General Lifestyles Survey and in the ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
Contact details
Have a question about the Health Surveys Service? Contact [email protected].
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Further information
Why and how we process your data within the Health Surveys Service, and your rights.
Last edited: 24 March 2025 9:54 am