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Mental Health Inpatient and Day Case - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR04) - Research Data Access Pathway subset

Summary

This dataset is available through the Research Data Access Pathway

Abstract

The Mental Health Inpatient and Day Case dataset (SMR04) collects episode level data on patients who are receiving care at psychiatric hospitals at the point of both admission and discharge.

Keywords

Daycases Psychiatric Inpatients Admission Discharge Scotland HDRUK Mental Health

Publisher

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

Documentation

Description

The dataset contains a wide variety of information such as patient characteristics, mental health diagnosis, length of stay, destination on discharge, whether they are admitted under Mental Health Legislation and any previous psychiatric care. Patient demographics are included, together with geographical measures.
  • Associated media

    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      2026 04 Smr Crib Sheet Sm04 Final

      Type

      .PDF

  • Is part of
    • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    31/03/2026
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    31/03/2026

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Epr
  • Collection situation
    Secondary care - In-patients

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use, Project-specific restrictions, Research-specific restrictions

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control, Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
  • Resource creator
    National Services Scotland, Public Health Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Csv, text

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

Episode level data on patients who are receiving care at psychiatric hospitals at the point of both admission and discharge. For up-to-date definitions of codes, see the SMR04 crib sheet at https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/24927/2026-04-smr-crib-sheet-sm04-final.pdf For more information on each variable, see the relevant section in the National Data Catalogue SMR Data Manual at https://publichealthscotland.scot/resources-and-tools/health-intelligence-and-data-management/national-data-catalogue/smr-data-manual/definitions-by-smr-record-section/patient-identification-and-demographic-information/

AGE_IN_YEARS

Age in years

SEX

The biological characteristics that define humans as female, male or intersex.

ETHNIC_GROUP

Ethnic group classifies the person according to their own perceived ethnic group and cul...

ADMISSION_DATE

Date of admission (ddmmyy)

DISCHARGE_DATE

Date of discharge (ddmmyy)

SPECIALTY

Specialty of the consultant/GP/HCP in charge of the patient episode. The specialty is th...

SIGNIFICANT_FACILITY

A significant facility is a type of clinical facility which is identified for clinincal ...

MANAGEMENT_OF_PATIENT

Indicates the patient type and the pattern of bed use of a patient.

PATIENT_CATEGORY

Patient's status regarding payment for NHS services.

ADMISSION_TYPE

Type of inpatient admission. This is categorised as an emergency, urgent or routine inpa...

Variable description

Data type
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