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Substance Misuse Dataset (SMDS)

Population Size

Not reported

Years

2014 - 2024

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Lead time

2-6 months

Summary

The Substance Misuse Data Set captures data relating to all individuals (clients), both young persons and adults, presenting for substance misuse treatment in Wales.

Documentation

The Substance Misuse Data Set (SMDS) (also known as Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse - WNDSM) captures information relating to a client journey in a substance misuse agency. This journey is made up of a number of ‘events’ – one referral, one assessment, one (or more) Treatment Modalities, multiple Treatment Outcomes Profile (TOPs) and one discharge.

Welsh providers delivering substance misuse treatment and who are in receipt of Welsh Government substance misuse revenue funding are required to submit the Dataset.

Treatment Outcomes Profiles are only required to be completed for Adults (age 16 and over) in receipt of structured treatments.

A Data Explained report on SMDS is available here: https://phw.nhs.wales/publications/publications1/data-explained-welsh-national-database-for-substance-misuse-wndsm-data-quality-audit-and-considerations/

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK9-Jw3uVkw, https://saildatabank.com/, https://dhcw.nhs.wales/information-services/information-and-statistics/substance-misuse/substance-misuse-documentation/, https://www.datadictionary.wales.nhs.uk/#!WordDocuments/substancemisusedatasetsmds2.htm, https://docs.hiru.swan.ac.uk/display/SATP/SMDS+-+Substance+Misuse+Dataset, https://phw.nhs.wales/publications/publications1/data-explained-welsh-national-database-for-substance-misuse-wndsm-data-quality-audit-and-considerations/

Keywords

Misuse, Substance, SAIL, core-res, SMDS, Health & Wellbeing, Children & Young People, Growing Old, Inequality & Social Inclusion, Housing & Communities, World of Work, WNDSM

Observations

Observed Node	Disambiguating Description	Measured Value	Measured Property	Observation Date
Events	Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.	3000000	Count	31 Aug 2021

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Clinic, Services

Patient pathway description

Secondary care

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

16.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

DHCW

Coverage

Start date

31/03/2014

End date

01/11/2024

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Wales

Maximum age range

119

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

SQL database table

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

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

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,User-specific restriction

Data Controller

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

Data Processor

SAIL Databank