Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 14 Oct 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago
Hospital Outpatient Activity
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
The reports include but is not limited to analysis of hospital outpatient appointments by patient demographics, diagnoses, attendance type, operations, specialty and provider level analysis. It describes NHS outpatient appointments in England, rather than the number of patients
Spatial Coverage:
England
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
- country
- region
Temporal
Start Date:
01 April 2004
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Provenance
Source:
The data source for this publication is Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), which
come from the HES data warehouse containing details of all admissions and
outpatient appointments at National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England.
It includes private patients treated in NHS hospitals, patients who were
resident outside of England and care delivered by treatment centres (including
those in the independent sector) funded by the NHS.
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.
Collection Situation:
NHS hospitals and trusts in England.
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS
Access
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