Version: 12.0.7 | Published: 23 Jul 2026 | Updated: 32 days ago
Summary
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The dataset contains patient demographic and episode management data, as well as geographical data.
In Pipeline:
Available
Coverage
Spatial:
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
Typical Age Range Min:
0
Typical Age Range Max:
150
Dataset Completeness:
Material Type:
None/not available
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
All of secondary care in relation to general acute inpatient and day cases.
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
Care
Dataset Type:
Health and disease
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
EPR
Collection Source:
Secondary care - In-patients
Image Contrast:
No
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
31 December 2025
Start Date:
01 January 1981
End Date:
31 December 2025
Time Lag:
1-2 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment:
https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Data Controller:
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor:
National Services Scotland
Jurisdiction:
Great Britain
Usage
Data Use Limitation:
- General research use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Disclosure control
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Not for profit use
Resource Creator:
Public Health Scotland
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES
Conforms To:
NHS SCOTLAND DATA DICTIONARY
Language:
English
Format:
- text
- csv
Enrichment and Linkage
Derived From
PID
Title
URL
General Acute Inpatient and Day Case - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR01)
Linkable Datasets
PID
Title
URL
This dataset can be linked to others within the Research Data Access Pathway
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Scottish population
5500000
Count
01 February 2026