The Annual APC Publication uses data as at August each year. This data is subject to change but the publication will not be amended to reflect any changes.
Please note that from 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board. For more information see the Joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards. Therefore, data for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Swansea Bay University Health Board are only available for 2019/20 and are not comparable with previous years’ data.
For data prior to 2014/15 or where your request cannot be satisfied through the available data, specific requests for data can be obtained through the Digital Health and Care Wales bespoke analysis service. This service is provided to the Welsh Government, NHS Wales and others. For information other than that already available via this website, please contact the Analysis Team at DHCW.Info@wales.nhs.uk and detail your requirements as fully as possible.
Annual APC Data Quality Status Reports are available to view alongside each publication. This document describes a range of data quality issues affecting this data set. Click here to view the Data Quality Status Report for 2023/24.
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A Notes and Definitions document accompanies the published data and is designed to give an overview of what has been included and not included in each of the tables. Furthermore, this document offers some points to consider when comparing data to HES Data Tables from NHS England. Click here to view the Notes & Defintions for 2023/24.
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Due to staffing and resource issues within the NHS Wales Clinical Coding Service, the number of Admitted Patient Care data set (APC ds) episodes assigned classifications codes is significantly less in the 2023/24 financial year than in previous years.
The impact of this uncoded data will depend upon many factors, but is likely to influence any all-Wales analysis of coded data. For further information please contact clinical.coding@wales.nhs.uk