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Requesting HES data

Responsive ad-hoc service

To request HES data please send an e-mail to which should include the following details:

  • Name
  • Job title
  • Organisation
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Purpose/use of analyses
  • Financial years required
  • OPCS procedure codes required
  • ICD10 codes required
  • Organisation codes (NHS Trust, PCT)
  • Coverage area [e.g. PCT, local authority, Region etc]
  • Date by which data is required

We may need to discuss your request in order to refine and confirm your requirements. Please give as much notice as possible.

Confidentiality

Information about individuals is highly sensitive. Therefore, in general, we only provide aggregate data – we cannot provide individual record data, except in exceptional cases and with agreement from the Department of Health. It is recognised that certain data items, including postcode, sex and date of birth (collectively known as “the potential identifiers”), can in combination be used to identify individual patients. Hence, EMPHO cannot, under any circumstances, release these potential identifiers to a third party.

In addition to this, Department of Health guidelines require the suppression of any aggregated data containing values between 1 and 5 at a local level as these are considered to be potentially disclosive. Alternatives to suppressing low numbers include considering a higher level of aggregation. However, if compromises are not suitable, customers can make a business case for access to low numbers which will be considered by EMPHO with advice from the NHS Information Centre.

Please Note
HES is not a live system and it usually takes between 9 and 12 months for a full financial year to be available, for example, complete 2009/10 data may not be available until December 2010.

Quarterly and monthly updates are available for some of the HES data sets; however this provisional data is subject to change and should be treated with caution. (Please contact our HES team for further details.)

E-mail or phone

If you would prefer to discuss your request in person or have any suggestions for future standard outputs please contact Heather Heard on (01623) 812069 or by

 

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