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Hospital Episode Statistics Outpatients

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2003

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

https://www....

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Other

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Record-level patient data set of patients attending outpatient clinics at NHS hospitals in England. A record represents one appointment.

Documentation

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is a database containing details of all admissions, A and E attendances and outpatient appointments at NHS hospitals in England. Initially this data is collected during a patient's time at hospital as part of the Commissioning Data Set (CDS). This is submitted to NHS Digital for processing and is returned to healthcare providers as the Secondary Uses Service (SUS) data set and includes information relating to payment for activity undertaken. It allows hospitals to be paid for the care they deliver. This same data can also be processed and used for non-clinical purposes, such as research and planning health services. Because these uses are not to do with direct patient care, they are called 'secondary uses'. This is the HES data set. HES data covers all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, including: private patients treated in NHS hospitals patients resident outside of England care delivered by treatment centres (including those in the independent sector) funded by the NHS Each HES record contains a wide range of information about an individual patient admitted to an NHS hospital, including: clinical information about diagnoses and operations patient information, such as age group, gender and ethnicity administrative information, such as dates and methods of admission and discharge geographical information such as where patients are treated and the area where they live We apply a strict statistical disclosure control in accordance with the NHS Digital protocol, to all published HES data. This suppresses small numbers to stop people identifying themselves and others, to ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained. https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-outpatient-activity

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Associated media

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-outpatient-activity

Keywords

Provenance

Collection source setting

Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

Secondary Care pathway. This dataset covers outpatient appointments at hospitals in England. It includes information on the treatment and outcome of the appointment.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

9.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

NHS ENGLAND

Coverage

Start date

04/01/2003

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

https://www.geonames.org/6269131/england.html

Maximum age range

120

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

OTHER, ICD10, NHS NATIONAL CODES, OPCS4

Format

JSON, CSV

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars

Time to dataset access

Other

Access request cost

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-charges

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE).

Secure file transfer: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely

DAE: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae

Jurisdiction

GB-ENG

Data use requirements

Ethics approval required,Institution-specific restrictions,Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,Not for profit use,User-specific restriction

Data Controller

NHS England (NHSE)

Data Processor

NHS England (NHSE)

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Secondary care - Outpatients

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