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Welsh Dispensing Dataset (WDDS) - Legacy

Population Size

Not reported

Years

2015 - 2022

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

(DISCONTINUED) The Welsh Dispensing Dataset covered prescriptions prescribed in Wales by GPs (general medical practitioners) and non-medical prescribers that prescribed on behalf of the GP practice, that are then dispensed in the community within Wales.

Documentation

WDDS was a project specific dataset for specific COVID-19 related projects only, which is not currently available to request. Prescription data are available from the WLGP dataset.

The data covers prescriptions that are prescribed in Wales by GPs (general medical practitioners) and non medical prescribers that have prescribed on behalf of the GP practice, that are then dispensed in the community within Wales. This is in contrast to prescription data which are contained in the WLGP dataset, which may not be dispensed.

The data includes all prescribed medicines, dressings and appliances that are dispensed each month. If a patient does not take a prescription to the pharmacy for dispensing, then the information will not be included in the dataset. Information includes - the number of prescription items dispensed by each community pharmacy in Wales, broken down by the GP practice in which they prescribed, and also the number of prescription items prescribed in each GP practice in Wales broken down by the pharmacy that dispensed those items.

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Associated media
https://saildatabank.com/about-us/,https://popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/centres-of-excellence/sail/,https://saildatabank.com/

Keywords

Prescriptions, Dispensing, Prescribing, SAIL, NCS, National Core Study, COVID-19, project-specific, WDDS, Health & Wellbeing

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Events

3000000

Count

31 Aug 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Administrative
Source of data extraction
Other
Collection source setting
Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy
Patient pathway description
All pathways with prescription from primary care
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
13.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Coverage

Start date

31/03/2015

End date

23/09/2022

Time lag
2-4 weeks
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Wales
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Other

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
SQL database table

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
https://saildatabank.com/data/apply-to-work-with-the-data/
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes, analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case technological requirements.
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Jurisdiction
GB-WLS
Data use limitation
Project-specific restrictions
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions, Time limit on use, User-specific restriction
Data Controller
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Data Processor
SAIL Databank

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: No collection sources listed