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Welsh Demographic Service Dataset (WDSD)
Population Size
Not reported
Years
1990 - 2024
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Wales
Lead time
2-6 months
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
Keywords
Welsh, SAIL, NCS, National Core Study, COVID-19, core, WDSD, Health & Wellbeing, Children & Young People, Growing Old, Inequality & Social Inclusion, Housing & Communities, World of Work
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
11/11/2024
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
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