List of administrative sources

View the list of administrative sources currently in use for the production of NHS England official statistics.

For each source, an annex has been published providing the information required to be published under Protocol 3 Practice 5 of the Code.

Supporting metadata which relates to those official statistics products using data drawn from each of these administrative sources is contained in further, product-specific, annexes, which are listed in the table below.

Administrative source	Statistical product
Accident and Emergency Department Survey [Archive Content]	NHS Outcomes Framework
Adult Social Care Survey (SC Ref32-33 Activity) [Archive Content]	Social Care indicators from the National Indicator Set Social Care and Mental Health Indicators from the National Indicator Set [Archive Content] Adult Social Care Survey, England [Archive Content] Community Care Statistics: Social Services Activity, England [Archive Content]
Ambulance (KA34) [Archive Content]	Ambulance Services, England [Archive Content]
Assuring Transformation Collection [Archive Content]	Learning Disability Services Monthly Report [Archive Content] Learning Disability Services Quarterly Report [Archive Content]
Breast Screening (KC62) [Archive Content]	Breast Screening Programme, England
Breast Screening (KC63) [Archive Content]	Breast Screening Programme, England
Cervical Screening (KC53 v1.0) [Archive Content]	Cervical screening programme
Cervical Screening (KC61 v1.0) [Archive Content]	Cervical screening programme
Cervical screening programme (KC65 v1.0) [Archive Content]	Cervical screening programme
Community Mental Health Services [Archive Content]	NHS Outcomes Framework
Contraception (KT31) [Archive Content]	NHS Contraceptive Services, England
Dental Services Dental Data [Archive Content]	Dental Earning Expenses England Wales Dental Working Hours England Wales NHS Dental Statistics for England Clinical Dental Report
England GP Investment	Investment in General Practice
ESR	Monthly NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics in England NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Medical and Dental staff, England NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Non-medical staff, England NHS Staff Earnings Sickness Absence Rates in the NHS
Expenditure (SC Ref8)	Personal Social Services: Expenditure and Unit Costs, England
General Pharmaceutical Services - Appeals data	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - Appliance Use Reviews (AUR)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - (C20 data)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - Medicine Use Reviews (MUR)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - New Medicines Service (NMS)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - Pharmacy Contractors Report Dataset (PD1)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - PHS1	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Pharmaceutical Services - Stoma Appliance Customisation (SAC)	General Pharmaceutical Services
General Opthalmic Services (Workforce) 17 (Exeter)	General Ophthalmic services workforce statistics
General Ophthalmic Services (Omnibus)	General Ophthalmic Services activity statistics
GP and Dental Written Complaints (KO41B)	Data on written complaints in the NHS
GP(NHAIS_Exeter)	Attribution dataset GP registered populations General and Personal Medical Services, England GP Earnings and Expenses CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
GP Patient Survey	CCG Outcome Indicator Set, indicators 2.1, 2.2, 2.15, 2.16 and 4.1 Annex_B_NHS_Outcomes Framework
Guardianship	Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983
HCHS Written Complaints (KO41A)	Data on written complaints in the NHS
HMRC	Accident and emergency - Patient journey Accident and Emergency Attendances in England (Experimental Statistics) Adult Critical Care in England CCG Indicator Set Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England Hospital Episode Statistics: Admitted patient care Hospital Episode Statistics: Deaths within 30 days of a hospital procedure or of an emergency admission to hospital
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)	Accident and emergency - Patient journey Accident and Emergency Attendances in England (Experimental Statistics) Adult Critical Care in England CCG Indicator Set Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England Hospital Episode Statistics: Admitted patient care Hospital Episode Statistics: Deaths within 30 days of a hospital procedure or of an emergency admission to hospital Hospital Outpatient Activity NHS Maternity Statistics, England NHS Outcomes Framework NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data Provisional Monthly Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England Seven-day Services Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI)
HPAI	Hospital Prescribing, England NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) Use of NICE-appraised medicines in the NHS in England
IAPT	IAPT CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
Immunisations - COVER	NHS Immunisation Statistics, England
Index of Multiple Deprivation Scores	Index of Multiple Deprivation Scores - NHS Outcomes Framework
In-Patients Detained under the MH Act (KP90)	Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to Supervised Community Treatment
Memory Services	Establishment of Memory Services
MHLDDS	MHLDDS monthly report
MHMDS	Mental Health Bulletin Neighbourhood Statistics: Mental Health - adults accessing NHS specialist mental health services, England Routine Quarterly Mental Health Minimum Dataset Reports Social Care and Mental Health Indicators from the National Indicator Set
MHSDS	Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics CCG OIS
MSDS	Maternity Services Monthly Statistics
National Diabetes Audit	National Diabetes Audit PDF
National Inpatient Survey	NHS Outcomes Framework CCG Outcomes Indicator Framework
National Hip Fracture Database	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA)	CCG Outcome Indicator Set indicator; 1.19.
National Maternity Services Survey	NHS Outcomes Framework
National Outpatient Survey	NHS Outcomes Framework
National Reporting and Learning System - Organisation Patient Safety Workbook	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
NHS BSA	GP Earnings and Expenses
NI BSO	GP Earnings and Expenses
NI Dental	Dental Earnings and Expenses NI
NI GP Investment	Investment in General Practice Investment in General Practice, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
NI GP Payment System	GP Earnings and Expenses
ONS 2011 Census	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
ONS Avoidable Mortality for England NHS Outcomes Framework	ONS Avoidable Mortality for England NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Cancer Survival Index for CCGs	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
ONS Cancer Survival for Children in England	NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Childhood Infant and Perinatal Mortality in England and Wales	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Child Mortality Statistics	NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Death Registration Data	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework Seven-day Services Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI)
ONS Gestational Specific Infant Mortality	NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Labour Force Survey	NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Mid- Year Population Estimates	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS National Life Tables	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework
ONS Period Cohort Life Expectancy Tables	NHS Outcomes Framework
PEAT	Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT)
PHE Mandatory Surveillance: Health Care Associated Infections	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set NHS Outcomes Framework
Prescribing Data	Prescribing by Dentists Prescription Cost Analysis Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community
Prescribing Data - ePACT	CCG Prescribing GP Practice Level Prescribing NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) Prescribing for Diabetes
Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
QOF Data	QOF Achievement Quality and Outcomes Framework, Achievement, prevalence and exceptions data Quality and Outcomes Framework, Achievement data Quality and Outcomes Framework, Exception data
Register Blind (SC Ref10)	Social Care Blind
Register Deaf (SC Ref11)	People registered as deaf or hard of hearing, England
Scotland Dental	Dental Earnings and Expenses Scotland
Scotland GP Investment	Investment in General Practice Investment in General Practice, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
Scotland GP Payment System	GP Earnings and Expenses
Smoking at Time of Delivery	CCG Outcomes Indicator Set
SPPA	GP Earnings and Expenses
Staffing (SC Ref9)	Personal Social Services: Staff of Social Services Departments, England
Stop Smoking Services	Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England
Wales GP Investment	Investment in General Practice Investment in General Practice, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES)	NHS Outcomes Framework

Further information

Statement of administrative sources

The administrative sources of data that NHS Digital uses to produce statistics, or that are available for use in the production of statistics in the future, and information on statistical techniques for using administrative data.

Last edited: 17 April 2024 9:28 am