Plymouth University: Contributing to the broader objectives of a research project funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (addressing how different kinds of provider organisation m

Data-sharing agreement from NHS Digital registers of approved data releases, 2014–2019. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation: Plymouth University
Source reference: DARS-NIC-15504-X5K0H-v0.7
Jurisdiction: England
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Register reference: DARS-NIC-15504-X5K0H-v0.7
Agreement period: not published to no end date published
For commercial purposes (as marked in the register): Not stated
Release files listed by NHS England: 12

Data approved

Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care

Objective, as published

Contributing to the broader objectives of a research project funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (addressing how different kinds of provider organisation manage and provide services, and what differences result in terms of service quality, innovation and patients' experience), this analysis of HES data aims to trace the geographic, socio-demographic and clinical expansion of non-NHS provision of NHS services across orthopaedics and ophthalmology. Understanding and describing the evolving provider landscape since the 2003 Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act formalised the legal basis of ‘alternative providers’ is the primary objective, but contemporary patterns of orthopaedic and ophthalmic provision (and how they are currently changing) will also be used to contextualise managerial attitudes and behaviours found in the provider organisations visited as part of the research project. To that end the research team require detailed HES data on ‘provider-purchaser’ relationships, the conditions being treated and the procedures undertaken. Relating this to detailed information on who is being treated (in terms of age, sex, GP and LSOA of residence – which allows linkage with Index of Multiple Deprivation data on the socio-economic characteristics of local populations) provides a basis for understanding the evolving clinical, geographical and social coverage of different kinds of provider organisations. It also provides the basis for…

Expected benefits, as published

The research has been commissioned by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme because, as stated in the application, “those who commission NHS services will increasingly need to know how to select among the different types of organisation for different tasks; and, for each type, the best ways of managing its contribution and relationship to the NHS” and this requires better knowledge “about provider behaviour within the 'provider landscape'”. This is one of a number of projects that have been commissioned by the DH to address aspects of diverse provider landscapes. The benefits of the research will of course depend on the extent to which NHS commissioners and the DH choose to act upon the research findings, but the overarching goal is to provide evidence (a) on the impact of pr…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/22305/Data-Release-Register-April-to-August-2016/xls/Data_Release_Register__April_-_August_2016.xlsx. Captured 2026-10-30.

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