NaDIA-Harms: National Diabetes Inpatient Audit for England, 2018

National Diabetes Inpatient Audit – Harms data for 2018 provides case-mix adjusted benchmarked feedback on four specific harms occurring to diabetic inpatients in acute hospitals across England. The data, made available by the Government Digital Service under a CC-BY-4.0 license, covers harms recorded between May and October 2018. It contains aggregated information on audit participation and the number of harms, with no individual patient data.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital trust performance based on aggregated harm counts.
• Inform quality improvement initiatives using case-mix adjusted feedback.
• Analyze trends in diabetes inpatient safety based on the four specific harms monitored.

Strengths

• Data is from a mandatory year-round collection, suggesting systematic coverage.
• Focuses on four specific inpatient harms, providing a clear measurement scope.
• Published under an open CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is from a specific 6-month period in 2018; freshness for current analysis is unverified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Mandatory clinical audit collection from acute hospitals in England.

Time Range

May to October 2018

Freshness

Data covers May to October 2018; last update date is unknown.

Geography

England