Hospital Adult Critical Care Activity: April 2015 to March 2016
Critical care support for hospital inpatients. This has been renamed from Adult Critical Care Data in England.
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This is a report on adult critical care activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector. This annual publication covers the financial year ending March 2016. It contains final data and replaces the provisional data that are published each month.
The data are taken from the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data warehouse. HES contains records of all admissions, appointments and attendances for patients admitted to NHS hospitals in England. The HES data used in this publication draws on records submitted by providers as an attachment to the admitted patient care record.
This publication shows the number of adult critical care records during the period, with a number of breakdowns including admission details, discharge details, level of deprivation, Healthcare Resource Groups (HRG) and support type.
The purpose of this publication is to inform and support strategic and policy-led processes for the benefit of patient care. This document will also be of interest to researchers, journalists and members of the public interested in NHS hospital activity in England.