COVID-19 local area health risk rating: 6 April 2020

Key findings using the latest data include:

  • The West Midlands is the new immediate battleground against covid-19. It has a relatively high number of cases and an even higher level of systemic vulnerability.
  • Big cities like Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester are not quite in the top 20 riskiest places yet because they have a relatively low case load, but they have a high level of systemic vulnerability. They could be next.
  • Adult social care has been largely overlooked during this crisis, but a poor performing sector in places like Middlesbrough, Barnsley and the Wirral could exacerbate pressures on the rest of the healthcare system.

50 highest risk authorities (1 = most risky)

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Local authority

COVID-19 cases per 100,000

Healthy life expectancy

Adult social care score

Treatable mortality per 100,000

% aged 65+

Overall rank

CCG

Walsall

126.69

56.40

2.76

106.20

17.60

1

NHS Walsall CCG

Middlesbrough

107.44

57.80

2.75

133.90

16.20

2

NHS South Tees CCG

Wolverhampton

116.03

58.70

2.77

118.90

16.60

3

NHS Wolverhampton CCG

St. Helens

131.08

59.20

2.89

101.40

20.40

4

NHS St Helens CCG

Sandwell

107.83

57.10

2.83

117.60

15.00

5

NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG

Barnsley

88.09

58.80

2.66

92.40

19.30

6

NHS Barnsley CCG

Redcar and Cleveland

73.14

60.60

2.83

102.60

22.30

7

NHS South Tees CCG

Knowsley

111.65

58.30

2.87

113.00

17.10

8

NHS Knowsley CCG

Wirral

68.06

61.40

2.71

97.40

21.60

9

NHS Wirral CCG

Halton

73.97

59.50

2.76

100.90

18.10

10

NHS Halton CCG

Hackney

129.44

58.60

2.74

97.80

7.50

11

NHS City and Hackney CCG

Dudley

92.32

59.40

2.81

89.60

20.30

12

NHS Dudley CCG

Rotherham

83.50

59.50

2.85

100.60

19.50

13

NHS Rotherham CCG

Birmingham

112.76

59.20

2.82

109.40

13.00

14

NHS Birmingham and Solihull CCG

Tameside

71.94

60.40

2.78

103.90

17.60

15

NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG

Slough

103.95

58.70

2.75

101.70

10.00

16

NHS East Berkshire CCG

Gateshead

88.89

60.80

2.84

99.60

19.40

17

NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG

Oldham

91.67

58.00

2.87

111.90

16.10

18

NHS Oldham CCG

Sunderland

100.21

57.90

2.92

94.70

19.40

19

NHS Sunderland CCG

Liverpool

103.07

60.70

2.85

117.70

14.70

20

NHS Liverpool CCG

Sheffield

151.41

61.80

2.80

89.50

16.10

21

NHS Sheffield CCG

Luton

78.00

59.30

2.79

109.70

12.40

22

NHS Luton CCG

Wakefield

46.95

58.60

2.76

94.70

18.90

23

NHS Wakefield CCG

Blackpool

51.69

53.30

3.04

134.80

20.40

24

NHS Blackpool CCG

Nottingham

61.62

57.70

2.81

121.70

11.50

25

NHS Nottingham City CCG

Salford

95.12

58.00

2.91

110.40

14.30

26

NHS Salford CCG

Manchester

58.98

57.90

2.78

136.10

9.30

27

NHS Manchester CCG

Newham

150.57

58.40

2.86

95.40

7.50

28

NHS Newham CCG

South Tyneside

65.22

58.90

2.87

93.30

20.00

29

NHS South Tyneside CCG

Stockton-on-Tees

59.33

57.50

2.83

91.40

18.10

30

NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG

Lewisham

161.43

60.60

2.86

99.80

9.40

31

NHS Lewisham CCG

Lancashire

69.25

60.40

2.88

93.26

20.50

32

NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG*

Newcastle upon Tyne

119.59

59.20

2.92

97.80

14.40

33

NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG

Barking and Dagenham

99.53

60.10

2.82

104.60

9.30

34

NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG

Southwark

215.91

62.70

2.76

91.00

8.30

35

NHS Southwark CCG

Rochdale

75.91

59.60

2.91

115.90

16.30

36

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG

Stoke-on-Trent

44.95

57.40

2.84

102.60

17.00

37

NHS Stoke on Trent CCG

Bury

72.59

60.40

2.89

96.80

18.20

38

NHS Bury CCG

Kirklees

45.13

60.50

2.72

98.60

17.50

39

NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG

Northumberland

65.88

61.20

2.86

80.40

24.30

40

NHS Northumberland CCG

Derby

102.27

61.60

2.88

97.70

16.30

41

NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG

Cumbria

150.94

63.48

2.97

83.61

24.10

42

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG*

Hartlepool

35.39

58.10

2.89

106.10

19.30

43

NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG

Greenwich

112.51

61.30

2.84

96.20

10.40

44

NHS Greenwich CCG

Southend-on-Sea

64.67

61.90

2.84

91.80

19.20

45

NHS Southend CCG

Staffordshire

65.13

63.20

2.80

82.65

21.60

46

NHS Cannock Chase CCG*

Ealing

147.08

63.80

2.71

85.80

12.80

47

NHS Ealing CCG

Doncaster

46.37

59.20

2.87

97.50

18.90

48

NHS Doncaster CCG

Tower Hamlets

113.00

60.50

2.82

91.00

6.30

49

NHS Tower Hamlets CCG

Kingston upon Hull, City of

14.58

57.20

2.81

118.30

15.00

50

NHS Hull CCG

CCGs marked with an asterisk are not the only CCG linked to that area. Lancashire has NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, NHS East Lancashire CCG, NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG, NHS Morecambe Bay CCG and NHS West Lancashire CCG. Cumbria has NHS Morecambe Bay CCG and NHS North Cumbria CCG. Staffordshire has NHS Cannock Chase CCG, NHS East Staffordshire CCG, NHS North Staffordshire CCG, NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG and NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG.