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NHS Lothian Lab Results

Population Size

Not reported
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Years

1996

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Associated BioSamples

None/not available

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Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

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Lead time

Variable

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Summary

Covering both primary and secondary care, this includes laboratory test results undertaken in NHS Lothian’s haematology, biochemistry, and microbiology labs.

Documentation

Laboratory test results for specimens processed in Lothian 'Blood Science' Laboratories. Numeric laboratory test results for 'Blood Sciences' throughout Lothian (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Western General Hospital and St John's Hospital at Howden), primarily from Haematology, Biochemistry and Immunology disciplines. Only tests analysed in Lothian Laboratories are included: testing undertaken by Lighthouse (some covid-19 testing), SNBTS (some blood grouping and tissue typing) and some point of care testing (e.g. capillary glucose or ketones) are not included.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

Number of lab test results

380000000

Count

17 Aug 2022

Provenance

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic, Secondary care - Accident and Emergency, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

Laboratory tests carried out for primary and secondary care purposes, limited to NHS Lothian labs.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Daily

Version

1.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

NHS Lothian

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1996

Time lag

Less than 1 week

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian

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

Variable

Access service description

Jurisdiction

GB-SCT

Data use limitation

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

NHS Lothian

Data Processor

University of Edinburgh

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic, Secondary care - Accident and Emergency, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

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