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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.