Hospital Episode Statistics
ONS Minimum Cancer Dataset | National Clinical Audit Data
The national cancer data repository contains an extract of admitted patient Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for patients with a diagnosis of cancer recorded in HES (this is not all patients who appear in the cancer registry dataset).
The fields included in the HES extract are shown below. Full details of each field can be found in the HES data dictionary.
Patient
Field name | Description of contents |
category |
Administrative & legal status of patient |
admincat |
Administrative category |
startage |
Age at start of episode |
dob |
Date of birth - patient |
ethnos |
Ethnic category |
lopatid |
Local patient identifier |
newnhsno |
NHS number |
extract_hesid |
Patient identifier - HES generated |
postdist |
Postcode district of patient's residence |
homeadd |
Postcode of patient |
sex |
Sex of patient |
Admissions
Field name | Description of contents |
admidate |
Date of admission |
elecdate |
Date of decision to admit |
admimeth |
Method of admission |
admisorc |
Source of admission |
firstreg |
First regular day or night admission |
elecdur |
Waiting time |
Discharges
Field name | Description of contents |
disdate |
Date of discharge |
disdest |
Destination on discharge |
dismeth |
Method of discharge |
Episodes and Spells
Field name | Description of contents |
bedyear |
Bed days within the year |
spelbgin |
Beginning of spell |
epiend |
Date episode ended |
epistart |
Date episode started |
speldur |
Duration of spell |
spelend |
End of spell |
epidur |
Episode duration |
epiorder |
Episode order |
epitype |
Episode type |
Clinical
Field name | Description of contents |
diag_nn |
All Diagnosis codes |
oper_nn |
All Operative procedure codes |
opdte_nn |
Date of operation |
operstat |
Operation status code |
classpat |
Patient classification |
intmanig |
Intended management |
mainspef |
Main specialty |
tretspef |
Treatment specialty |
Healthcare resource groups
Field name | Description of contents |
domproc |
Dominant procedure |
hrg_3.1 |
Healthcare resource group: version 3.1 |
hrg_3.5 |
Healthcare resource group: version 3.5 |
Organisation
Field name | Description of contents |
purcode |
Commissioner code |
purval |
Commissioner code status |
purro |
Commissioner's Regional Office |
purstha |
Commissioner's Strategic Health Authority |
gppracha |
Health Authority area where patient's GP was registered |
pcgcode |
Primary care group |
pctcode02 |
Primary care trust of responsibility - historic |
pctcode06 |
Primary care trust of responsibility - current |
gpprpct |
Primary Care Trust area where patient's GP was registered |
procode |
Provider code - 5 character |
procode3/procodet |
Provider code - 3 character |
sitetret |
Site code of treatment |
protype |
Provider type |
gppracro |
Regional Office area where patient's GP was registered |
gpprstha |
Strategic Health Authority area where patient's GP was registered |
Geographical
Field name | Description of contents |
oacode |
Census Output Area, 2001 |
6 character oaward |
Census Output Area, 2001 |
rescty |
County of residence |
currward & resladst |
Current electoral ward |
ward91 |
Electoral ward in 1991 |
resgor |
Government office region of residence |
gortreat |
Government office region of treatment |
resha |
Health Authority of residence |
hatreat |
Health Authority of treatment |
resladst |
Local authority district |
pctnhs |
Patient's Health Authority of residence, provided by NHS |
respct02 |
Patient's Primary Care Trust of residence - historic |
respct06 |
Patient's Primary Care Trust of residence – current |
resstha02 |
Patient's Strategic Health Authority of residence - historic |
resstha06 |
Patient's Strategic Health Authority of residence - current |
pcttreat |
Primary Care Trust area of treatment |
rotreat |
Region of treatment |
resro |
Regional Office of residence |
sthatret |
Strategic Health Authority area of treatment |
Practitioner
Field name | Description of contents |
gpprac |
Code of GP practice |
consult |
Consultant code |
reggmp |
Code of patient's registered or referring general medical practitioner |
referorg |
Referring organisation code |