Bookmarks

Health and Care Experience Survey

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2018

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The Scottish Health and Care Experience (HACE) Survey is a postal survey which is sent to a random sample of people who are registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on an identified census date. The most recent edition of the survey was sent to a random sample of people who were registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on the 25 September 2023.

Documentation

The Scottish Health and Care Experience survey asks about peoples’ experiences of accessing and using their General Practice and other local healthcare services; receiving care, support and help with everyday living; and caring responsibilities. The survey is run in partnership by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland. Both the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland are involved in the planning and organisation of the survey, as well as analysing and reporting on the survey responses.

The survey covers five areas of health and care experience:

1)Your General Practice 2)Treatment or advice from your General Practice 3)Out of hours healthcare 4)Care, support and help with everyday living 5) Caring responsibilities

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Keywords

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Care

Source of data extraction

Paper-based

Collection source setting

Other

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Irregular

Version

1.0.0

Modified

30/06/2025

Distribution release date

27/05/2024

Coverage

Start date

01/10/2018

Time lag

Other

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OTHER

Controlled vocabulary

OTHER

Format

text/csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Disclosure control,Not for profit use

Data Controller

Public Health Scotland

Data Processor

Public Health Scotland

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Other

end of page