UK Hospital Delayed Transfers of Care per 100,000 Population, Monthly Snapshot

Delayed transfers of care from hospital, per 100,000 population, using a definition introduced in 2017/18. This indicator has been discontinued. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in hospital discharge delays based on the monthly snapshot data.
• Assess the impact of policy changes on delayed transfers of care based on the 2017/18 definition change.
• Benchmark regional healthcare performance based on the per 100,000 population metric.

Strengths

• Data is normalized per 100,000 population, enabling fair comparisons.
• Uses a consistent definition from 2017/18, allowing for trend analysis after that point.

Limitations

• The indicator has been discontinued, limiting its use for current analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative reporting from UK healthcare providers.

Time Range

Covers period from at least 2017/18 onwards, but exact range is unknown.

Freshness

Monthly snapshot, but last update date is unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom (implied by source and eu_open_data platform).