Table 2

Survey questions about HES	No	Per cent
What did you think of HES before reading the paper?	948
I had never heard of it	162	17.1
I thought it of no relevance to me	106	11.2
Might be useful	476	50.2
I found it useful in my work	145	15.3
It was of the utmost importance to me	59	6.2
Have you ever attempted to review HES data attributed to your care of patients?	952
No	531	55.8
Yes, but unsuccessfully	179	18.8
Yes, succesfully as a one off	57	6.0
Yes, successfully on an occasional basis	153	16.1
Yes, succesfully on a regular basis	32	3.4
*If you were able to access the data, who provided it?	249
Your Trust Information Service	195	78.3
Regional, eg, Quality observatories	27	10.8
Royal College of Physicians	3	1.2
NHS-IC HES team or Extraction Services (Northgate)	9	3.6
External provider, eg, Dr Foster/CHKS	107	43.0
Other	30	12.0
Would you like to be able to view the HES data attributed to your care of patients?	942
No	50	5.3
Maybe, Yes	340	36.1
Certainly Yes	552	58.6
Which of the following would you like to use HES data to support?*	939
Evidence for annual appraisal	803	85.5
Evidence for revalidation	760	80.9
Application for Clinical Excellence Awards	509	54.2
To monitor quality of patient care	819	87.2
To monitor patient outcomes	811	86.4
To benchmark local services with others	727	77.4
To select patient for research studies	237	25.2