Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 15 Apr 2026 | Updated: 1 day ago
Documentation
Description:
The Scottish Health and Care Experience survey asks about people"s experiences of accessing and using their General Practice and other local healthcare services; receiving care, support and help with everyday living; and caring responsibilities.
The survey is run in partnership by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland. Both the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland are involved in the planning and organisation of the survey, as well as analysing and reporting on the survey responses.
The survey covers five areas of health and care experience:
1)Your General Practice
2)Treatment or advice from your General Practice
3)Out of hours healthcare
4)Care, support and help with everyday living
5) Caring responsibilities
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland
Follow Up:
Unknown
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
Paper-based
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Distribution Release Date:
28 May 2024
Start Date:
01 October 2018
Time Lag:
Other
Accessibility
Access
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:
Public Health Scotland
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Disclosure control
- Ethics approval required
- Not for profit use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Publication required
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
- text
- csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Findings
0
Count
01 February 2026