Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) is a data warehouse containing records of all patients admitted to NHS hospitals in England. It contains details of inpatient care and outpatient appointments. Hospital episode statistics (HES) statistics are produced and published on a monthly basis. The data are provisional and should therefore be treated as an estimate until the final National Statistics annual publications.
Key Facts
Monthly HES Data for Admitted Patient Care
In the year from January 2025 to December 2025 there were:
• 22.5 million finished consultant episodes (FCEs), 59.5% (13.4 million) of which included at least one procedure or intervention, and 8.7 million of which were day cases.
• 18.4 million finished admission episodes (FAEs), of which 6.5 million were emergency admissions.
Monthly HES data for Outpatients
In the year from January 2025 to December 2025 there were:
• 148.4 million outpatient appointments made, with 115.3 million (77.7%) of these attended by the patient.
• 8.0 million outpatient appointments not attended by the patient, representing 5.4% of all appointments
Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care and Outpatients Dashboard
Hospital Episode Statistics Monthly Activity Report
