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A-Z of NHS Digital Official and National Statistics Publications

A comprehensive list of NHS Digital official and national statistics publications.

Official Statistics designated as National Statistics

Title Frequency Geography

Adult Dental Health Survey

Decennially

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England

Septennially

England, Scotland and Wales

Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England

Annually

England

Adults with learning difficulties in England (published 2005)

One-off

England

Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in households throughout England - report from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (published 2009)

One-off England

 

Breast Screening Programme, England

Annually

England

Cervical screening programme

Annually

England

Children's Dental Health Survey

Decennially

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Data on written complaints in the NHS

Annually England

General Ophthalmic Services activity statistics

Biannually England

General Ophthalmic Services workforce statistics

Annually

England and Wales

General Pharmaceutical Services

Annually

England

Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983

Biennially

England

Health Survey for England

Annually

England

Health Survey for England: Trend Tables

Annually

England

Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity (formerly titled: Hospital Episode Statistics: Admitted patient care)

Annually

England

Hospital Outpatient Activity

Annually

England

Infant Feeding Survey -discontinued as of 2016 (further information)

Quinquennially UK

Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain (published 2005)

Ad-hoc GB

National Child Measurement Programme, England

Annually

England

NHS Immunisation Statistics, England

Annually

England

NHS Outcomes Framework Indicators

Quarterly

England

Personal Social Services: Staff of Social Services Departments, England

Annually

England

Prescription Cost Analysis, England

Annually

England

Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People

Triennially

England

Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
(replaces NHS Contraceptive Services, England)

Annually

England

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England

Annually

England

Statistics on Alcohol, England

Annually

England

Statistics on Drug Misuse, England

Annually

England

Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England

Annually

England

Statistics on Smoking, England

Annually

England

Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI)

Quarterly

England

Survey of Carers in Households (published 2010)

Ad-hoc

England

 


Official Statistics not Designated as National Statistics

Title  Frequency Geography

A summary of public health indicators using electronic data from primary care (published 2008)

Ad-hoc UK

Accident and emergency - Patient journey (published 2009)

Ad-hoc

England

Children and Young People's Health Services Monthly Statistics

Monthly

England

CCG Outcomes Indicator Set

Quarterly

England

CCG Prescribing Data (Replaces Primary Care Trust Prescribing Data)

Quarterly

England

Compendium of Maternity Statistics (published 2015)

One-off

England

Compendium of Neurology Data (published 2014)

One-off

England

Dental Earnings and Expenses (Replaces separate publications for England and Wales; Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Annually UK

Dental Working Hours (Replaces separate publications for England and Wales; Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Biennially UK

Diabetes Inpatient Activity, England (published 2010)

Ad-hoc

England

Establishment of Memory Services (published 2011)

Ad-hoc

England

Estates Returns Information Collection

Annually

England

Female Genital Mutilation

Monthly

England

Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England

Annually

England

Focus on...
Accident & Emergency (published 2013)
The Health and Care of Older People (published 2014 &  2015)
The Health and Care of Young People (published in 2015) 
Dementia (published in 2016)

Ad-hoc

England

General and Personal Medical Services, England

Annually

England

GP Contract Services

Monthly

England

GP Earnings and Expenses

Annually UK

GP Practice Level Outcome Indicators, England (published 2013)

Ad-hoc

England

GP Practice Vacancies Survey (published 2010)

Annually

England

Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities

Annually

England

Health and Wellbeing of 15-year-olds in England (published 2015)

Biennially

England

Healthcare Workforce Statistics

Biannually

England

HES-DID Data Linkage Report. Production of this will cease after October 2016. Further information

Ad-hoc

England

Hospital Accident & Emergency Activity (formerly titled Accident and Emergency Attendances in England)

Annually

England

Hospital Adult Critical Care Activity (formerly titled: Adult Critical Care in England)

Annually

England

Hospital Episode Statistics: Deaths within 30 days of a hospital procedure or of an emergency admission to hospital

Annually

England

Hospital Episode Statistics: Emergency readmissions to hospital within 28 days of discharge - this has been temporarily suspended as of August 2016. See here for further information

Annually

England

Hospital Maternity Activity (formerly titled: NHS Maternity Statistics, England)

Annually

England

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Report (replaces monthly and quarterly publications previously named Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Key Performance Indicators (IAPT KPIs))

Monthly

England

Investment in General Practice

Annually UK

Learning Disabilities Census Report

Annually

England

Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics

Monthly

England

Learning Disability Statistics - Annual Overview

Annually

England

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics

Monthly

England

Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England

Annually  

Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (England)

Annually England

Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures

Annually UK

Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics (MHSMS) (replaces Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Statistics)

Monthly

England

Mental Health Bulletin - Report from Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Statistics (MHLD) annual returns

Annually

England

Model Based Estimates of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours at PCO level (published 2008)

One-off

England

Neighbourhood Statistics: Mental Health - adults accessing NHS specialist mental health services, England (published 2012)

Ad-hoc

England

NHS Continuing Healthcare Activity

Quarterly

England

NHS Dental Statistics for England

Quarterly

England

NHS Payments to General Practice

Annually

England

NHS Safety Thermometer Report

Monthly

England

NHS Sickness Absence Rates (formerly titled Sickness Absence Rates in the NHS)

Monthly

England

NHS Staff Earnings Estimates

Quarterly

England

NHS Surplus Land

Annually

England

NHS Vacancies Statistics England

Annually

England

NHS Workforce Statistics (formerly titled Monthly NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics in England)

Monthly

England

NHS Workforce Statistics: Medical and Dental staff (formerly titled NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Medical and Dental staff, England)

Annually

England

NHS Workforce Statistics: Non-medical staff (formerly titled NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Non-medical staff, England)

Annually

England

NHS Workforce Statistics: Overview

Annually

England

NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) (incorporates Use of NICE-appraised medicines in the NHS in England from December 2014)

Quarterly

England

Numbers of Patients Registered at a GP Practice

Quarterly

England

Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services

Monthly

England

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - Special Topic
Please note that this will no longer be routinely released as a result of responses to our public consultation.

Quarterly

England

Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) (Replaced Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) publications)

Annually

England

Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey, England

Annually

England

Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England

Biennially

England

Prescribing by Dentists, England

Annually

England

Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community (replaces Hospital Prescribing, England)

Annually

England

Prescribing Compliance (published 2011)

One-off

England

Prescribing for Diabetes in England

Annually

England

Provisional Accident & Emergency Quality Indicators for England

Monthly

England

Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident & Emergency data

Monthly

England

Provisional Quarterly Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England

Quarterly

England

Psychological Therapies, Annual Report on the use of IAPT Services

Annually  

England

Quality and Outcomes Framework, Achievement, Prevalence and Exceptions Data

Annually  

England

Recorded Dementia Diagnoses

Monthly

England

Safeguarding Adults (replaces Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England)

Annually

England

Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England

Quarterly

England

Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery: England

Quarterly

England

Trends in consultation rates in General Practice (published 2009)

Ad-hoc

England and Wales

 


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