NHSOF 3.1: Patient-Reported Health Gain from Four Elective Procedures (Retired 2015)

Four retired indicators from the UK's NHS Outcomes Framework measure patient-reported health improvement after elective procedures for groin hernia, hip replacement, knee replacement, and varicose veins. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service and last updated in November 2014 before being retired and combined into a new placeholder indicator in May 2015. Data is available in Excel and CSV formats under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical trends in patient-reported health gain for specific elective procedures based on the four described indicators.
• Benchmark recovery outcomes for hip and knee replacements using retired NHS framework data.
• Study the evolution of NHS outcome measurement frameworks by comparing these retired indicators with their successors.

Strengths

• Focuses on patient-reported outcomes, a key metric for healthcare quality.
• Covers four specific and common elective procedures: groin hernia, hip replacement, knee replacement, and varicose veins.
• Data is provided in two accessible formats: Excel XLS and CSV.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and will not be updated; indicators were combined into a new, undeveloped placeholder in 2015.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected via patient surveys following elective procedures as part of the NHS Outcomes Framework.

Time Range

Coverage period is unspecified; data reflects the framework up to its retirement in May 2015.

Freshness

Last updated November 2014; retired as of May 2015 and will not be updated.

Geography

United Kingdom (specifically the National Health Service in England)