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Greater Manchester Virtual Wards

Population Size

29,220

People

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Years

2023

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

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Geographic coverage

Greater Manchester

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

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Summary

Commissioning dataset for Greater Manchester ICB to support the reporting of activity within the virtual wards, support evaluation of operational delivery and complete nationally directed aggregate returns.

Documentation

GM Virtual Wards contains activity data collected daily on each patient occupying a virtual ward bed. This data is submitted by all NHS Provider trusts located in the Greater Manchester footprint. Data collected includes patient demographics, admission and discharge dates, NHS provider code and diagnosis.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

29220

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Number of distinct individuals in the dataset

29220

Count

19 Mar 2025

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Other

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Secondary care - In-patients

Patient pathway description

This dataset contains activity for patients while admitted to a Greater Manchester Virtual Ward

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Daily

Version

1.0.0

Modified

02/04/2025

Coverage

Start date

13/04/2023

Time lag

Less than 1 week

Geographic coverage

Greater Manchester

Maximum age range

105

Follow-up

Continuous

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL, NHS NATIONAL CODES, ODS, ICD10

Format

text/csv, application/sql

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://northwestsde.nhs.uk/for-sde-users/apply-to-use-the-sde

Time to dataset access

2-6 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

A secure workspace within the SDE will be implemented for each project. The standard package for a secure workspace includes a cloud-based VDI providing access to an instance of the platform and a suite of included tools. Further details can be provided on request.

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data Controller

North West Secure Data Environment (SDE)

Data Processor

Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Secondary care - In-patients

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