Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 14 Oct 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
The report includes but is not limited to analysis of hospital episodes by patient demographics, diagnoses, external causes/injuries, operations, bed days, admission method, time waited, specialty, provider level analysis and Adult Critical Care (ACC). It describes NHS Admitted Patient Care Activity, Adult Critical Care activity and performance in hospitals in England.
Spatial Coverage:
England
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
- clinical commissioning groups
- country
- region
Temporal
Start Date:
01 April 1998
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Provenance
Source:
The data source for this publication is Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). It
contains final data and replaces the provisional data that are released each
month. HES contains records of all admissions, appointments and attendances at
NHS-commissioned hospital services in England. The HES data used in this
publication are called 'Finished Consultant Episodes', and each episode relates
to a period of care for a patient under a single consultant at a single
hospital. Therefore, this report counts the number of episodes of care for
admitted patients rather than the number of patients. This publication shows the
number of episodes during the period, with breakdowns including by patient's
age, gender, diagnosis, procedure involved and by provider.
Purpose:
The purpose of this publication is to inform and support strategic and
policy-led processes for the benefit of patient care and may also be of interest
to researchers, journalists and members of the public interested in NHS hospital
activity in England.
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS
Access
Jurisdiction:
England
Data Controller:
NHS England
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
- Unstructured text
- Database
Additional Information Governance
Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue