Training: Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics

This two-day training course will provide an introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics, taking place online from 6-7 November 2025. This course is being offered by the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, part of University College London.

This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data is collected and coded, its structure, and how to clean and analyse HES data.

A key focus will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise, and approaches to deal with these. Participants will also learn how to ensure individuals’ anonymity and confidentiality when carrying out analyses and publishing results based on HES.

The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practicals (using R or Stata) to clean and analyse synthetic HES data.

By the end of the course participants will:

• understand how and why HES data are collected
• become aware of the strength and weaknesses of using HES data for research
• know how to carry out basic cleaning, management and analysis tasks using HES data
• know how to ensure anonymity and confidentiality when using HES.

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Course details

• When: 6 - 7 November
• Where: Online 
• Cost: See instats website for rates and to register.