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 2008-09.
Each PDF file contains a short introduction and then the relevant table in landscape format. Many of the table columns contain percentages rather than counts, in order to save space.
The XLS files are not formatted for printing and contain extra columns, all of which give counts. These files do not contain an introduction - the introductions are provided in separate 'explanatory notes' files.
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.
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 (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.
Responsible statistician
The responsible statistician for this publication is Chris Dew, HES/SUS Analysis (Service) Section Head (enquiries@ic.nhs.uk, 0845 300 6016).
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