Health Board Trend
Data for the number of admissions, discharges and stays; also count of patients and hospital residents by health board of treatment.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FinancialYear | text | Financial years start on 1 April and end on 31 March. For example, financial year 2017/2018 covers the period 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018. | |
| HBT | text | 9-digit code for health board of treatment and 6-digit codes for special health boards. | |
| Dataset | text | The data source that is reported from. SMR01 covers non-psychiatric records and SMR04 covers psychiatric records. Total covers both groups. | |
| DatasetQF | text | Qualifier for Dataset | |
| NumberOfAdmissions | numeric | The total number of admissions. An admission marks the start of an inpatient episode or day case episode. | |
| NumberOfDischarges | numeric | The total number of discharges. A hospital discharge marks the end of an episode of care. Discharges include deaths, transfers to other specialties/significant facilities and hospitals, and discharges home or to other regular place of residence. | |
| NumberOfStays | numeric | The total number of continuous inpatient stays. A continuous inpatient stay is an unbroken period of time that a patient spends as an inpatient. However, a patient may change consultant, significant facility, specialty, and/or hospital during a continuous inpatient stay. Stays are assigned to health boards of treatment based on information taken from the last episode in the stay. | |
| NumberOfPatients | numeric | The total number of patients. A patient is defined as an individual discharged from hospital (including as a transfer out) at least once during the financial year. Patients are counted only once in each financial year. However, if they have been treated in multiple health boards, they will be counted more than once. | |
| NumberOfHospitalResidents | numeric | The total number of hospital residents. A hospital resident is an individual who is an inpatient at midnight on 31 March, before the beginning of the next financial year (1 April). Although the term 'hospital resident' is used for simplicity, some people will be looked after in care homes (under contract to the local NHS Board). | |
| NumberOfHospitalResidentsQF | text | A qualifier to give extra information about the number of hospital residents. |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 7, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | September 20, 2018 |
| Created | September 20, 2018 |
| Format | text/csv |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| created | over 6 years ago |
| datastore active | True |
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