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Imperial Health Knowledge Bank (IHKB) - Routinly captured health dataset

Population Size

Not reported
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Years

2015

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

Serum

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

North West London

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

1-2 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The Imperial Health Knowledge Bank (IHKB) is a unique biomedical research resource which uses data and blood samples collected from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust patients undergoing routine clinical care, including West London Children’s Healthcare and interested participants who reside in the North West London Community. This dataset is used to facilite feasability searches for studies utilising IHKB

https://imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/page-1-ihkb/ihkb-contact-enquiry-form/

Documentation

Consent-to-Contact is a streamlined, ethically approved participant recruitment system that connects researchers with patients who have already agreed to hear about relevant research opportunities. By tapping into a pre-consented pool of participants via E-Consenting methods. Researchers can accelerate recruitment timelines, reduce pressure on clinical delivery teams, and reach more diverse and representative cohorts. With built-in data governance and patient engagement tools, this service removes common barriers to recruitment, making it easier to launch and scale high-quality studies across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Dataset type

Health and disease, Treatments/Interventions, Measurements/Tests, Omics, Registry

Keywords

Dataset and BioSample Aliases

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Research cohort

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Other

Patient pathway description

All consented patients who have attend Imperial College Hospitals, will out of hospital follow up for NW London residents

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

Serum

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

05/03/2026

Distribution release date

01/01/2025

Citation Requirements

NIHR Imperial BRC

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2015

Time lag

1-2 weeks

Geographic coverage

North West London

Minimum age range

18

Maximum age range

120

Follow-up

Continuous

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL, SNOMED CT, OPCS4, NHS NATIONAL CODES, ICD10

Format

sql

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Access rights

https://imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/page-1-ihkb/page-2-ihkb-consent-to-contact/

Time to dataset access

1-2 months

Access request cost

Costed a project by project rate

Access method category

Varies based on project

Access service description

https://imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/page-1-ihkb/page-2-ihkb-consent-to-contact/

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

No restriction

Data use requirements

Ethics approval required

Data Controller

Imperial College healthcare NHS Trust

Data Processor

Imperial College healthcare NHS Trust

Dataset Types: Health and disease, Treatments/Interventions, Measurements/Tests, Omics, Registry

Dataset Sub-types: Disease registry (research)

Collection Sources: Other