Hospital Episode Statistics: Provisional Monthly NHS Activity Data Since 2007

Monthly provisional statistics for NHS hospital activity in England, covering inpatient care, outpatient appointments, and A&E attendances since April 2007. The data is produced by NHS Digital and published as summary statistics in CSV files. It is intended as an estimate until final annual National Statistics are released.

Use Cases

• Monitor monthly trends in Accident & Emergency attendance volumes based on the described A&E attendance records.
• Analyze seasonal patterns in outpatient appointment demand based on the described outpatient appointment data.
• Track provisional estimates of inpatient care activity across England based on the described inpatient care records.

Strengths

• Covers all patient admissions to NHS hospitals in England, providing national-level coverage.
• Provides a long-term time series with monthly data points starting from April 2007.

Limitations

• Data is provisional and described as an estimate, not final official statistics.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital

Collection Method

Records from the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data warehouse.

Time Range

April 2007 onward

Freshness

Monthly updates; last metadata update was 2026-07-08.

Geography

England