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Patient Medical Card Registration (NI)

Population Size

2,000,000

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2015

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

1-2 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Record of patients registered with a GP practice in Northern Ireland. The data is sourced from the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) system and includes information relating to a patient’s age, gender, postcode & GP practice.

Documentation

In order to access primary care services in Northern Ireland, patients need to register with a GP practice. Registrations can be divided into different types: first registrations, transfers from other parts of the UK, migrant registrations and service related registrations. Individual registrations will be deducted from the index of registered patients for a number of reasons including notification of death, emigration, returning to their home country, moving to Great Britain etc. There may be a lag between a patient presenting themselves at a GP Practice and completion of registration. This lag may be greater for patients who have to provide additional documentation as proof of entitlement to services. Similarly for deductions, there may be a lag in removing individuals from the index of registered patients.

Given the sensitive nature of the data, this dataset is primarily used to identify patient populations and facilitate linkage to other datasets. Some variables may be provided in aggregated format, for example age may be replaced with age band and postcode replaced with higher level geographical classifications.

GP Cypher codes and Practice numbers will not be provided.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

2000000

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Approximately 2 million patients registered with a GP annually

2000000

Count

22 Jun 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Administrative

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic

Patient pathway description

This dataset reflects the registration process - initial registration, change of circumstances and deduction from register.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Irregular

Version

4.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided by the staff of the Honest Broker Service (HBS) within the Business Services Organisation Northern Ireland (BSO). The HBS is funded by the BSO and the Department of Health (DoH). The authors alone are responsible for the interpretation of the data and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the BSO.

Coverage

Start date

01/04/2015

Time lag

2-6 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Northern Ireland

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Time to dataset access

1-2 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Remote access can now be granted via an HSCNI tenancy of the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UK SeRP), the HBS still offer the physical safe setting in Belfast for local research.

Jurisdiction

GB-NIR

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

Business Services Organisation (BSO)

Data Processor

HSC Honest Broker Service

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic

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