Inpatient data
Monthly data
This data is provisional and subject to changes and revisions each month. It should be treated as an estimate until the final National Statistics annual publications.
Provisional monthly data is only available for a given year until the final annual figures have been published for that year. (A monthly breakdown of the final annual figures will still be available.)
Annual data
Download annual HES data from 1998-99 to 2010-11.
The XLS files contain a short introduction and then the relevant table. These files also contain a separate work sheet with descriptions of each field.
Headline figures
Summary figures for each year (broken down by admission and age) and data about the more commonly recorded diagnoses, and procedures and interventions.
Provider level analysis
Detailed analysis of inpatient episodes at provider level. This report provides comparisons for a provider and the England figures, SHA figures or between three providers.
Primary diagnosis
Primary (the main condition treated or investigated during the episode of care) diagnosis data, recorded using ICD-10.
Main procedures and interventions (formerly main operations)
Main (normally the most resource intensive performed during the episode of care) procedure or intervention data, recorded using OPCS-4.
Healthcare Resource Groups
Episodes grouped according to Healthcare Resource Group (HRG) version 3.5 & 4 (version 3.5 only prior to 2008-09 version 3.1 or 3.0 prior to 2003-04).
Hospital providers
Episodes grouped according to the organisation that provided the admitted patient care within a geographical area.
Main specialty
Episodes grouped according to the contracted specialty of the consultant with prime responsibility for the patient.
Strategic health authority of residence
Episodes grouped according to the strategic health authority (SHA) containing the patient's normal home address.
Total procedures and interventions (formerly total operations)
An aggregate summary of codes from all the procedure and intervention fields.
External cause
Episodes grouped according to secondary diagnosis codes that describe causes of morbidity (normally accidents and poisoning).
Primary care trust of responsibility
Episodes grouped according to the responsible primary care trust and strategic health authority where the patient was treated.
Explanatory notes
From 2009-10 table descriptions and field descriptions are included in the XLS spreadsheets. For the years 1998-99 to 2008-09 explanatory notes can be found here.
Responsible statistician
The responsible statistician for this publication is Chris Dew, HES/SUS Analysis (Service) Section Head ([email protected], 0845 300 6016).
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