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MFT Legacy Outpatient Dataset

Population Size

2,604,869

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

1989 - 2026

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Not applicable

Lead time statistic card

Dataset

Publications using this dataset (external search)

Data Custodian

Summary

This is a carefully curated datasets for patients who have had outpatient admissions for different episodes of care. The dataset is sourced from Manchester Foundation Trust systems.

DOI for dataset

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30500111

Documentation

The dataset includes both patient level demographic, and outpatient data. It includes data on diagnosis, speciality and appointment for each episode of care for the patients.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset population size

2604869

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node	Disambiguating Description	Measured Value	Measured Property	Observation Date
Persons	Number of subjects contained in dataset	2604869	Count of linkable, distinct subjects in dataset	04 Nov 2025
Events	Number of outpatient care	44673701	Count of visits	04 Nov 2025

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Care

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Secondary care - Outpatients, Clinic

Patient pathway description

This includes visits from all outpatient pathways.

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Static

Version

1.0.0

Modified

04/11/2025

Distribution release date

04/11/2025

Citation Requirements

To inform CDSU of any publications arising from this Project Dataset and ensure CDSU and the relevant data controller responsible for initially providing data are acknowledged as data sources in all resulting reports and publications. E.g. “We acknowledge the support of the Clinical Data Science Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for managing and supplying the pseudonymised data from the original data source“.

Coverage

Start date

11/07/1989

End date

27/02/2026

Time lag

Less than 1 week

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, England, North West, Manchester

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Continuous

Accessibility

Language

Alignment with standardised data models

LOCAL, NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

ICD10, OPCS4

Format

csv, sql

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Access rights

https://research.cmft.nhs.uk/innovation-at-mft/manchester-clinical-data-science-unit

Time to dataset access

Not applicable

Access method category

Varies based on project

Access service description

In progress. MFT have both on-premise and cloud solutions for accessing data. Each application will be assessed on a case-by-case basis but the default access setting is through our secure data environment analytical platform/TRE.

Jurisdiction

Data use limitation

Research use only,General research use

Data use requirements

Institution-specific restrictions,Disclosure control

Data Controller

Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Data Processor