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Outpatient Appointments and Attendances - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR00)

Summary

This dataset is available through the Research Data Access Pathway

Abstract

The Outpatients (SMR00) dataset collects episode level data from patients on new and follow up appointments at outpatient clinics in all specialities (except A&E and Genito-Urinary Medicine).

Keywords

Health Outpatients Patients Clinic Operation Scotland HDRUK

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

An SMR00 is generated for outpatients receiving care in the specialties listed when: they attend a medical consultant outpatient clinic; they meet with a consultant or senior member of his/her team outwith an outpatient clinic session (including the patient's home); they attend a clinic run by a nurse or an AHP identified as the Health Care Professional Responsible for Care for that clinic and who has legal and clinical responsibility for that patient. The dataset is generally fully complete and ready for analysis three month preceding the current date. So for example at the end of August, data is available until the end of May.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1997
  • End date
    31/03/2026
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    31/03/2026

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Epr
  • Collection situation
    Secondary care - Outpatients

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
    Public Health Scotland
  • 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

Episode level data from patients on new and follow up appointments at outpatient clinics in all specialities (except A&E and Genito-Urinary Medicine), available through the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel pathway. For up-to-date definitions of codes, see the SMR00 crib sheet at https://publichealthscotland.scot/resources-and-tools/health-intelligence-and-data-management/national-data-catalogue/smr-data-manual/information-and-resources/crib-sheets/. 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

Age

MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH

Month and year of birth

SEX

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

CLINIC_DATE

The date on which a specific clinic session occurs (ddmmyy).

SPECIALTY

Division of medicine or dentistry covering a specific area of clinical activity.

SIGNIFICANT_FACILITY

A type of clinical facility which is identified for clinical and/or costing purposes.

PATIENT_CATEGORY

Patient's status regarding payment for NHS services.

REFERRAL_SOURCE

Broad category of organisation and/or professionals who may make a referral, e.g. consul...

REFERRAL_TYPE

The service requested for a patient who has been referred for care.

CLINIC_ATTENDANCE

Whether the patient attended for their appointment.

Variable description

Data type
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