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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Prescribing

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

1999 - 2024

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-4 weeks

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Community dispensed prescription items for patients registered to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board.

Documentation

Community dispensed prescription items for patients registered to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board. Drugs are coded to the British National Formulary (BNF) code and include details of strength, unit, and dose. Does not include hospital prescribing, although the West of Scotland Safe Haven intends to make this available in 2024.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Associated media

https://www.nhsggc.scot/downloads/west-of-scotland-safe-haven-user-guide/

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

Prescriptions

280000000

COUNT

01 Feb 2024

Provenance

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy, Community

Patient pathway description

Community dispensed and paid prescription items for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde population, not including items dispensed in secondary care settings.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

01/01/2024

Citation Requirements

Local NHS boards

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1999

End date

01/01/2024

Time lag

2-6 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow City

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Unknown

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES

Format

Database

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/services-a-to-z/west-of-scotland-safe-haven/

Time to dataset access

2-4 weeks

Access request cost

Operate on a cost recovery basis, quotations available on request

Access service description

The West of Scotland Safe Haven is part of the regional Safe Haven network in Scotland. We operate as a REC-approved research database (IRAS 321198) within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and offer a delegated ethics route for data-only studies, cohort builds and linkage to a variety of deep, multi-modal clinical NHS data types - including structured, free text, and imaging - with hosting of deidentified research-ready datasets in an ISO-accredited Secure Data Environment. For more information, please email safehaven@ggc.scot.nhs.uk to discuss requirements.

Jurisdiction

GB-SCT

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Data Processor

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy, Community

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