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Welsh Dispensing Dataset (WDDS) - Legacy

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2015 - 2022

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

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

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

2-6 months

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: Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy