National HES – Hospital Episode Statistics

Lay Description

National HES dataset containing longitudinal hospital activity for patients who have ever had a hospital attendance or admission coded as related to a road traffic collision. The RTC-coded event defines cohort inclusion, but subsequent HES records may relate to any future hospital care and are not necessarily linked to the RTC episode.

This dataset is managed by PRANA.

Further Information

Data Contributor: NHS England
Geographic Coverage: National
Population Coverage: million
Years: 2000-2025
Real-Time Data Available: Non Real-Time
Therapeutic Disease Area: Injuries and accidents
Data Modalities: National reporting
Data Source Care Setting: Secondary
Reuse Capability: Yes – WSDE DAC Plus additional approval required
Research Uses: LPHD – Linking Police and Health Data on Road Collisions DSL – Data Sustains Life
Dataset Resources: PRANA-NHSE-HES-Data-Dictionary.pdf