HES Critical Care (HESCC) Dataset#
Last modified: 20 Aug 2025
1. Summary#
This dataset is a subset of the HES Admitted Patient Care (APC) dataset and replaced the HESAPC_ACP dataset in 2008. It includes information about patients admitted to intensive care settings. The Adult Critical Care Minimum Data Set was collected from 01/04/2008 onwards and the Neonatal and Paediatric Minimum Data Sets were collected from 01/04/2017 onwards.
| Dataset Descriptor | Dataset-specific Information |
|---|---|
| Name of Dataset in TRE | NHSE_HESCC |
| Citation (APA) | Data Services, NHS England (NHSE). (2024). NHS England: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Critical Care (CC) Minimum Dataset. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-03 |
| Download Citation | Citeproc JSON BibTeX RIS |
| Series | NHS England |
| Owner | NHS England |
| Temporal Coverage in the TRE | 04/2008 - ongoing |
| Geographical Coverage | England |
| Participant Count | 8572 |
| Number of Variables | 33 |
| Number of Observations | 13830 |
| Key Link | https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/hospital-episode-statistics |
| Keywords | Inpatients, Critical care, NHS hospitals |
| Latest Extract Date | 2024-04-26 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Metrics#
Click on the plus sign to see the number of participants represented in each dataset.
Table 2: Participants from each LPS represented in the HESCC dataset in the UK LLC TRE. Note: Individual cohort counts of less than 10 are suppressed to <10 and excluded from total participant counts for datasets.
3. Version History#
| Version | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version Date | 21 Dec 2022 | 13 Apr 2023 | 26 Apr 2024 |
| Number of Variables | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Number of Observations | 9944 | 11488 | 13830 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-01 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-02 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-03 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-01/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-02/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-03/activities |
4. Documentation#
We are currently building a documentation storage system which will host useful documents related to datasets and data owners. We will surface these documents on Guidebook.
5. Useful Syntax#
Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to the UK LLC GitHub repository where you can find the full scripts.