Datasets:

EPI-Eval
/

ukhsa-respiratory

pretty_name: UKHSA Dashboard — England flu / COVID-19 / RSV weekly
license: other
license_name: ogl-uk-3.0
license_link: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
tags:
  - cadence-weekly
  - geo-gb
  - surveillance-respiratory
  - pathogen-influenza
  - pathogen-sars-cov-2
  - pathogen-rsv
  - tier-2
  - availability-open
schema_version: '0.1'
source_id: ukhsa-respiratory
source_url: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/
manifest_section: §5.5
surveillance_category: respiratory
pathogens:
  - influenza
  - sars-cov-2
  - rsv
availability: open
availability_notes: API is in beta — schema may shift between minor versions.
access_type: api
tier: 2
cadence: weekly
geography_levels:
  - subnational-state
geography_countries:
  - GB
gold_standard_for: []
vintaged_version_of: null
succeeds: null
derived_from: []
value_columns:
  - name: positivity
    unit: percent (0-100)
    value_type: proportion
    description: |
      Share of specimens positive for the condition, weekly. Flu and RSV
      values are direct weekly counts; COVID is the 7-day-rolling daily
      series resampled to Saturday week-end (see caveat).
    aggregation: rate
  - name: admission_rate
    unit: per 100k population
    value_type: rate
    description: Weekly hospital admission rate per 100k. Flu + RSV only; COVID NaN.
    aggregation: rate
  - name: icu_admission_rate
    unit: per 100k population
    value_type: rate
    description: Weekly ICU/HDU admission rate per 100k. Flu only.
    aggregation: rate
  - name: ili_survey_rate
    unit: per 100k population
    value_type: rate
    description: |
      Weekly ILI cases per 100k from the UKHSA primary-care symptom survey.
      Flu only (it's an ILI-survey measurement; the syndrome is reported
      under the influenza topic on UKHSA's side).
    aggregation: rate
  - name: survey_participants
    unit: respondents/week
    value_type: incident
    description: >-
      ILI survey weekly participant count (denominator-quality indicator). Flu
      only.
    aggregation: sum
notes:
  extra_columns:
    - column: condition_native
      description: UKHSA topic name (`Influenza`, `COVID-19`, `RSV`).
    - column: location_name
      description: >-
        Always 'England' for this v0.1 ingest. NHS regions and devolved nations
        would be separate sources.
  interpretation_caveats:
    - column: positivity
      caveat: >
        COVID positivity comes from `COVID-19_testing_positivity7DayRolling` — a
        daily

        7-day-rolling number — resampled to Saturday week-end. Flu and RSV
        positivity

        are direct weekly observations. The unit is the same (%) but the
        smoothing

        upstream is different; treat the COVID column as smoother by
        construction.
    - column: ili_survey_rate
      caveat: >
        Self-reported ILI survey, not lab-confirmed. Useful as a covariate for
        the

        flu-related rows but not a target.
    - column: admission_rate
      caveat: >
        Source-published per-100k weekly rate. UKHSA's denominator population is

        England-resident and updates annually; rates across multi-year
        boundaries

        carry small denominator drift.
  general: >
    Three pathogens, one wide-by-metric table keyed by (date, condition).
    UKHSA's

    daily COVID-only metrics (admissions/day, cases/day, occupied beds/day, ONS

    deaths/day) are intentionally excluded — they don't share units with the

    flu/RSV weekly per-100k rates and would belong in a sibling

    `ukhsa-covid-daily` source. England-only; NHS regions / devolved nations

    reachable through the same API by varying `geography_types` and
    `geographies`.
extra:
  api_swagger: https://api.ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/api/swagger/
  pathogens_in_dashboard:
    - acute-bronchiolitis
    - Adenovirus
    - COVID-19
    - hMPV
    - Influenza
    - Parainfluenza
    - Rhinovirus
    - RSV
    - +5 syndromic
  excluded_metrics:
    daily_covid:
      - COVID-19_cases_casesByDay
      - COVID-19_healthcare_admissionByDay
      - COVID-19_healthcare_occupiedBedsByDay
      - COVID-19_deaths_ONSByDay
computed:
  last_ingested: '2026-04-26T12:31:16Z'
  row_count: 1346
  time_coverage:
    - start: '2015-06-29'
      end: '2026-04-18'
  geography_unit_count: 1
  observed_cadence_days: 5
  missing_gaps: []
  data_hash: 5f05908c5b94d811

UKHSA Dashboard — England flu / COVID-19 / RSV weekly

Three pathogens, one wide-by-metric table keyed by (date, condition). UKHSA's daily COVID-only metrics (admissions/day, cases/day, occupied beds/day, ONS deaths/day) are intentionally excluded — they don't share units with the flu/RSV weekly per-100k rates and would belong in a sibling ukhsa-covid-daily source. England-only; NHS regions / devolved nations reachable through the same API by varying geography_types and geographies.

Source: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/

Coverage

Time: 2015-06-29 → 2026-04-18
Cadence: weekly (observed median spacing: 5 days)
Geography levels: subnational-state — 1 unique location IDs
Countries: GB
Pathogens: influenza, sars-cov-2, rsv
Surveillance category: respiratory
Rows: 1,346

Columns

Column	Unit	value_type	Aggregation	Description
`positivity`	percent (0-100)	`proportion`	`rate`	Share of specimens positive for the condition, weekly. Flu and RSV
values are direct weekly counts; COVID is the 7-day-rolling daily
series resampled to Saturday week-end (see caveat).

`admission_rate`	per 100k population	`rate`	`rate`	Weekly hospital admission rate per 100k. Flu + RSV only; COVID NaN.
`icu_admission_rate`	per 100k population	`rate`	`rate`	Weekly ICU/HDU admission rate per 100k. Flu only.
`ili_survey_rate`	per 100k population	`rate`	`rate`	Weekly ILI cases per 100k from the UKHSA primary-care symptom survey.
Flu only (it's an ILI-survey measurement; the syndrome is reported
under the influenza topic on UKHSA's side).

`survey_participants`	respondents/week	`incident`	`sum`	ILI survey weekly participant count (denominator-quality indicator). Flu only.

Additional data columns

condition_native — UKHSA topic name (Influenza, COVID-19, RSV).
location_name — Always 'England' for this v0.1 ingest. NHS regions and devolved nations would be separate sources.

Interpretation caveats

Things that may differ from how other sources define a similar measure. If you're combining this dataset with another, read these first.

positivity — COVID positivity comes from COVID-19_testing_positivity7DayRolling — a daily 7-day-rolling number — resampled to Saturday week-end. Flu and RSV positivity are direct weekly observations. The unit is the same (%) but the smoothing upstream is different; treat the COVID column as smoother by construction.
ili_survey_rate — Self-reported ILI survey, not lab-confirmed. Useful as a covariate for the flu-related rows but not a target.
admission_rate — Source-published per-100k weekly rate. UKHSA's denominator population is England-resident and updates annually; rates across multi-year boundaries carry small denominator drift.

Access

Availability: open
Access type: api
License: other
Tier: 2

Schema version 0.1 · Last ingested 2026-04-26T12:31:16Z · source_id: ukhsa-respiratory · Manifest section §5.5