Due to ongoing 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 and 2024/25 financial years compared to 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