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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Prescribing
Population Size
Not reported
Years
1999 - 2024
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Scotland
Lead time
2-4 weeks
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
Keywords
SCOTLAND, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, PRESCRIBING, drugs, Prescriptions
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
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