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Welsh Demographic Service Dataset (WDSD)

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

1990 - 2025

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Register of all individuals registered with a Welsh GP, includes individuals anonymised address and practice history.

Documentation

Administrative information about individuals in Wales that use NHS services; such as address and practice registration history. It replaced the NHS Wales Administrative Register (NHSAR) in 2009.

Data drawn from GP practices via Exeter System.

This dataset provides linkage from anonymous individual to anonymous residences, thus enable to group households of individuals.

The single views are now provisioned to new projects and described here, the metadata for the old three-view WDSD version can be found in a separate legacy metadata entry.

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://saildatabank.com/https://docs.hiru.swan.ac.uk/display/SATP/WDSD+-+Welsh+Demographic+Service+Dataset

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

3000000

Count

31 Aug 2021

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic, Other

Patient pathway description

All pathways about patients living in Wales

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Weekly

Version

17.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1990

End date

13/05/2025

Time lag

1-2 weeks

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Wales

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

SQL database table

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not 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

GB

Data use limitation

General research use,Research-specific restrictions

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

SAIL Databank

Data Processor

SAIL Databank

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic, Other

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