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

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