Hospital Episode Statistics: NHS Admitted Patient Care by Provider

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) contains records of all patients admitted to NHS hospitals in England, including NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector. This annual dataset is broken down to the provider level. The data is published by NHS Digital under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze hospital admission volumes and trends based on the annual provider-level breakdown.
• Compare patient care activity and outcomes between different NHS hospital providers.
• Model healthcare resource utilization and planning based on comprehensive admitted patient records.
• Study the scope and scale of NHS-commissioned care delivered in the independent sector.

Strengths

• Covers all patient admissions to NHS hospitals in England, suggesting a complete national picture.
• Includes NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector, providing a broader view of patient care delivery.
• Data is structured at the annual provider level, enabling institutional analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-07-08 13:33:00.096674.

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital

Collection Method

Administrative records of hospital admissions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:00.096674

Geography

England