Version: 3.0.9 | Published: 23 Jul 2026 | Updated: 24 days ago
Summary
Documentation
Associated Media:
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.
In Pipeline:
Available
Coverage
Spatial:
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
Typical Age Range Min:
0
Typical Age Range Max:
150
Dataset Completeness:
Material Type:
None/not available
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
All of secondary care in relation to appointments and attendances
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
Care
Dataset Type:
Health and disease
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
EPR
Collection Source:
Secondary care - Outpatients
Image Contrast:
No
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
31 March 2026
Start Date:
01 January 1997
End Date:
31 March 2026
Time Lag:
1-2 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment:
https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Data Controller:
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor:
National Services Scotland
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Usage
Data Use Limitation:
- General research use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Disclosure control
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Not for profit use
Resource Creator:
Public Health Scotland
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES
Conforms To:
NHS SCOTLAND DATA DICTIONARY
Language:
English
Format:
- text
- csv
Enrichment and Linkage
Derived From
PID
Title
URL
Outpatient appointments and attendances - Scottish morbidity record (SMR00)
Linkable Datasets
PID
Title
URL
This dataset can be linked to others within the Research Data Access Pathway
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Scottish population
5500000
Count
01 February 2026