Beds by Location of Treatment and Specialty
Information on hospital beds by health board of treatment and specialty.
Size: 2.59MB
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| FinancialYear | text | The reference period as financial year (YYYY/YY) | |
| FinancialYearQF | text | Qualifier for FinancialYear | |
| HB | text | 9-digit code for NHS board of treatment based on boundaries as at 1st April 2019, special health board and country code for Scotland | |
| HBQF | text | Qualifier for HB | |
| Location | text | 5-digit code for location of treatment, and country code for Scotland | |
| LocationQF | text | Qualifier for Location | |
| Specialty | text | Specialty | |
| SpecialtyQF | text | Qualifier for Specialty | |
| SpecialtyName | text | The name of the Specialty | |
| SpecialtyNameQF | text | Qualifier for SpecialtyName | |
| SpecialtyGrouping | text | Specialty Grouping. The "All Acute Specialties" grouping includes the medical and surgery groupings combined. | |
| SpecialtyGroupingQF | text | Qualifier for SpecialtyGrouping | |
| AverageAvailableStaffedBeds | numeric | Daily average number of available staffed beds | |
| AverageAvailableStaffedBedsQF | text | Qualifier for AverageAvailableStaffBeds | |
| PercentageOccupancy | numeric | Percentage (%) of daily occupancy of beds | |
| PercentageOccupancyQF | text | Qualifier for PercentageOccupancy | |
| AllStaffedBeds | numeric | Annually Available Staffed Beds | |
| AllStaffedBedsQF | text | Qualifier for AllStaffedBeds | |
| AverageOccupiedBeds | numeric | Daily average number of occupied beds | |
| AverageOccupiedBedsQF | text | Qualifier for AverageOccupiedBeds | |
| TotalOccupiedBeds | numeric | Annually Occupied Beds | |
| TotalOccupiedBedsQF | text | Qualifier for TotalOccupiedBeds | 
Additional Information
| Field | Value | 
|---|---|
| Data last updated | September 30, 2025 | 
| Metadata last updated | September 28, 2020 | 
| Created | September 28, 2020 | 
| Format | text/csv | 
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) | 
| created | over 5 years ago | 
| datastore active | True | 
| format | CSV | 
| has views | True | 
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| last modified | 1 month ago | 
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| on same domain | True | 
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