Health and Care Experience Survey 2025 to 2026: Technical Report
This report contains information about the methodology and background of the 2025 to 2026 Health and Care Experience (HACE) Survey.It is intended primarily for more technical users who wish to understand the how the survey was designed, delivered and analysed.
List of links
Health and Care Experience Survey 2025 to 2026: National Results: https://www.gov.scot/publications/health-and-care-experience-survey-2025-to-2026-national-results
Health and social care analysis statistics webpage: Health and social care: analysis - gov.scot
Accredited official statistics: Accredited official statistics – Office for Statistics Regulation
Code of Practice for Statistics: Code of Practice for Statistics
Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007: Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007
Materials relating to the 2025 to 2026 Health and Care Experience: Health and Care Experience Survey: materials - gov.scot
NHS Central Register (NHSCR): NHS Central Register - National Records of Scotland (NRS)
2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation: data and resources - gov.scot
Scottish Government’s 2016 six-fold Urban / Rural classification: 1. Introduction - Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 - gov.scot
Code used to analyse the data: GitHub - Public-Health-Scotland/health-and-care-experience-survey-2025: This repository contains the code for analysing the 2025 health and care experience survey · GitHub
Health and Care experience Survey collection page: Health and Care Experience Survey: results - gov.scot
Interactive dashboards showing the survey results at local level and time trends: https://scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-hace-2026
Forthcoming publications: Official statistics: forthcoming publications - gov.scot