HES Critical Care (HESCC) Dataset#
Last modified: 21 Oct 2026
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). (2025). NHS England: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Critical Care (CC) Minimum Dataset. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-04 |
| Download Citation | Citeproc JSON BibTeX RIS |
| Series | NHS England |
| Owner | NHS England |
| Copyright | Copyright © (2026), NHS England. Data re-used with the permission of NHS England. All rights reserved. |
| Temporal Coverage in the TRE | 04/2008 - ongoing |
| Geographical Coverage | England |
| Participant Count | 11033 |
| Number of Variables | 34 |
| Number of Observations | 17036 |
| Key Link | https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/hospital-episode-statistics |
| Keywords | None |
| Latest Extract Date | 2024-04-26 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | A Codelist must be completed. |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Metrics#
| Cohort | Participant Count |
|---|---|
| AIRWAVE | 940 |
| ALSPAC | 84 |
| BCS70 | 198 |
| BIB | 313 |
| ELSA | 609 |
| EPICN | 1065 |
| EXCEED | 917 |
| GLAD | 2802 |
| MCS | 545 |
| NCDS58 | 487 |
| NEXTSTEP | 98 |
| NIHRBIO_COPING | 844 |
| NSHD46 | 332 |
| TEDS | 93 |
| TRACKC19 | 305 |
| TWINSUK | 744 |
| UKHLS | 255 |
| UKREACH | 402 |
3. Version History#
| Version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version Date | 21 Dec 2022 | 13 Apr 2023 | 26 Apr 2024 | 09 Sep 2025 |
| Number of Variables | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| Number of Observations | 9944 | 11488 | 13830 | 17036 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-01 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-02 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-03 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-04 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-01/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-02/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-03/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00380-04/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.