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Health and Care Experience Survey

Summary

Abstract

The Scottish Health and Care Experience (HACE) Survey is a postal survey which is sent to a random sample of people who are registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on an identified census date. The most recent edition of the survey was sent to a random sample of people who were registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on the 25 September 2023.

Keywords

Survey HDRUK

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

The Scottish Health and Care Experience survey asks about people's experiences of accessing and using their General Practice and other local healthcare services; receiving care, support and help with everyday living; and caring responsibilities. The survey is run in partnership by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland. Both the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland are involved in the planning and organisation of the survey, as well as analysing and reporting on the survey responses. The survey covers five areas of health and care experience: 1)Your General Practice 2)Treatment or advice from your General Practice 3)Out of hours healthcare 4)Care, support and help with everyday living 5) Caring responsibilities

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/10/2018
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Irregular
  • Distribution release date
    28/05/2024

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Paper-based
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control, Ethics approval required, Not for profit use, Project-specific restrictions, Publication required
  • Resource creator
    Not available
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

YOUR GENERAL PRACTICE

Q1 When did you last contact the General Practice named on the enclosed letter?

TREATMENT OR ADVICE FROM YOUR GENERAL PRACTICE

Q14 For this section, think about the last time you received treatment or advice at your...

TREATMENT OR ADVICE FROM YOUR GENERAL PRACTICE (COMMENTS)

Q18 If there is anything else you would like to tell us about your General Practice, ple...

OUT OF HOURS HEALTHCARE

Q19 In the past 12 months, have you contacted an NHS service when you wanted to see a he...

OUT OF HOURS HEALTHCARE (COMMENTS)

Q26 If there is anything else you would like to tell us about your experiences of the se...

CARE, SUPPORT AND HELP WITH EVERYDAY LIVING

Q27 This section asks questions about help and care services for everyday living includi...

CARING RESPONSIBILITIES

Q33 Do you regularly help, support or look after someone because they are living with a ...

ABOUT YOU

Q38 The information below helps us to understand social inequalities related to access t...

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