Hospital Episode Statistics (Hospital Activity Data)
Lead analyst: Sarah Blundell
What is HES?
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provides information on admitted patient care (inpatients and day cases) delivered by NHS hospitals in England from 1989. The HES database is a record-level database populated by a subset of the data submitted by NHS Trusts to the NHS-wide Clearing Service. Nationally there are approximately 12 million admitted patient records for each financial year.
Public Health Observatories were established as regional safe havens for HES following Shifting the Balance of Power. Erpho’s HES service was established early in 2002.
Erpho has access to a Safe Haven extract of regional data and to national data via the HES online system. The regional extract consists of data relating to patients resident or treated in the East of England, or registered with GPs in the region. Other organisations in the East of England that have access to HES online include Strategic Health Authorities and the regional public health group.
HES is not a live system and there is a time lag (usually 3 months) on the availability of data through HES online or as much as 6-9 months part of the Safe Haven extract.
What is HES used for?
Data from HES has been used to support the following:
- Health needs assessment
- Health equity audit
- National Service Frameworks
- Cancer networks
- Performance monitoring
- Profiling of small areas
East of England HES facts
- (Population: 5.4 million)
- Hospital admissions per year: 1.0 million
- Proportion male admissions : 44%
- Proportion aged 65 and over: 36%
- Cancer admissions per year: 104,000
- Heart disease admissions per year: 33,000
- Stroke admissions per year: 9000
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The 2008/9 HES year has now been signed off and is available through the online system along with provisional 2009/10 monthly data. Please contact Sarah Blundell to add resources, provide comment or to update.
APHO resources
Resources giving advice on APHO's role within the HES service
This contains sections on:
- HES Mission Statement
- APHO HES Contacts
- HES E-ATLAS
ERPHO resources
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What can erpho offer?
Responsive ad-hoc request service: For HES requests please send an enquiry to hes@rdd-phru.cam.ac.uk
Please tell us:
Details of the data you require When you need the data by Some information about why you need the data. We will discuss your request in order to refine and confirm the requirement. Please give as much notice as possible.
In general we provide data to allow you to perform further analysis rather than finished products. We provide aggregate data – we cannot provide individual record data except under special circumstances and by agreement with the Department of Health. We are especially interested in work that we can extend to other parts of the region.
| | If you would like to call and speak to someone about your request, please contact Sarah Blundell our HES lead on 01223 767813
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HESonline page
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