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UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
Explanatory Notes
Section Q
Human Health and Social Work Activities
This section includes the provision of health and social work activities. It covers a wide range of activities, from health care
provided by trained medical professionals in hospitals and other facilities, to residential care activities that still involve a degree
of health care activities and to social work activities not involving the services of health care professionals.
86 Human health activities
This division includes activities of short or long-term hospitals, general or specialist medical, surgical, psychiatric and substance
abuse hospitals, sanatoria, preventoria, medical nursing homes, asylums, mental hospitals, rehabilitation centres, leprosaria and
other human health institutions which have accommodation facilities and which engage in providing diagnostic and medical
treatment to inpatients with any of a wide variety of medical conditions.
It also includes medical consultation and treatment in the field of general and specialised medicine by general practitioners and
medical specialists and surgeons. It includes dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature and orthodontic
activities. Additionally, this division includes activities for human health not performed by hospitals or by practicing medical
doctors but by paramedical practitioners legally recognised to treat patients.
86.1 Hospital activities
86.10 Hospital activities
86.10/1 Hospital activities
This subclass includes:
– short- or long-term hospital activities, i.e. medical, diagnostic and treatment activities, of general hospitals (e.g. community
and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organisations, university hospitals, military-base and prison hospitals) and
specialised hospitals (e.g. mental health and substance abuse hospitals, hospitals for infectious diseases, maternity hospitals,
specialised sanatoriums)
The activities are chiefly directed to inpatients, are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include:
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services of medical and paramedical staff
services of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic services
emergency room services
provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services
services of family planning centres providing medical treatment such as sterilisation and termination of pregnancy, with
accommodation
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laboratory testing and inspection of all types of materials and products, except medical, see 71.20
veterinary activities, see 75.00
health activities for military personnel in the field, see 84.22
dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology,
orthodontic activities, see 86.23
private consultants’ services to inpatients, see 86.2
medical laboratory testing, see 86.90
ambulance transport activities, see 86.90
medical nursing homes, see 86.10/2
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86.10/2 Medical nursing home activities
The activities carried out here are chiefly directed to inpatients and carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors.
This subclass excludes:
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homes for the elderly, see 87.30
86.2 Medical and dental practice activities
This group includes medical consultation and treatment provided by general medical practitioners and medical specialists,
including surgeons, dentists etc.
These activities can be carried out in private practice, group practices and in hospital outpatient clinics, and in clinics such as
those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organisations and fraternal organisations, as well as in patients’
homes.
This group also includes:
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private consultants’ services to inpatients
86.21 General medical practice activities
This class includes:
– medical consultation and treatment in the field of general medicine carried out by general practitioners.
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