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North West London Accident and Emergency Data (NWL A&E)

Population Size

1,643,175

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2015

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

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Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

1-2 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The NWL A&E linked table is taken from the Secondary Users Service database which contains records of care administered in an A&E setting within NWL. Some of the data items included are dates, referral sources, diagnosis and treatments.

Documentation

Initially this data is collected during a patient's time at hospital as part of the Commissioning Data Set (CDS). This is submitted to NHS Digital for processing and is returned to healthcare providers as the Secondary Uses Service (SUS) data set and includes information relating to payment for activity undertaken. It allows hospitals to be paid for the care they deliver. This same data can also be processed and used for non-clinical purposes, such as research and planning health services. Because these uses are not to do with direct patient care, they are called 'secondary uses'. This is the SUS data set. SUS data covers all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, including: • private patients treated in NHS hospitals • patients resident outside of England • care delivered by treatment centres (including those in the independent sector) funded by the NHS Each SUS record contains a wide range of information about an individual patient admitted to an NHS hospital, including: • clinical information about diagnoses and operations • patient information, such as age group, gender and ethnicity • administrative information, such as dates and methods of admission and discharge • geographical information such as where patients are treated and the area where they live NHS Digital apply a strict statistical disclosure control in accordance with the NHS Digital protocol, to all published SUS data. This suppresses small numbers to stop people identifying themselves and others, to ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained.

Who SUS is for SUS provides data for the purpose of healthcare analysis to the NHS, government and others including:

The Secondary Users Service (SUS) database is made up of many data items relating to A&E care delivered by NHS hospitals in England. Many of these items form part of the national Commissioning Data Set (CDS), and are generated by the patient administration systems within each hospital. • national bodies and regulators, such as the Department of Health, NHS England, Public Health England, NHS Improvement and the CQC • local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) • provider organisations • government departments • researchers and commercial healthcare bodies • National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) • patients, service users and carers • the media

Uses of the statistics The statistics are known to be used for: • national policy making • benchmarking performance against other hospital providers or CCGs
• academic research • analysing service usage and planning change • providing advice to ministers and answering a wide range of parliamentary questions • national and local press articles • international comparison More information can be found at https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/hospital-episode-statistics https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activity"

Dataset type

Health and disease, Treatments/Interventions

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

1643175

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

1643175

Count

08 Dec 2020

Persons

Registered population

1407953

count

20 Oct 2022

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Secondary care - Accident and Emergency

Patient pathway description

This dataset contains all A&E attendances for NWL patients. Each patient will be identified using an unique patient key, this can be used to link to other Discover-NOW datasets that will help track the patient pathway

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

6.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

18/12/2019

Citation Requirements

NHS NWL ICS;,;Discover-NOW

Coverage

Start date

31/03/2015

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, England, London, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

10 Years

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

NHS NATIONAL CODES, ODS, ICD10

Format

Excel, SQL, Tableau, R

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Time to dataset access

1-2 months

Access request cost

In Progress

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Researchers will have access to a VDI environment with a specific username and password. The researchers will get access to the datasets that is present in the hub's catalogue and would be able to carry out their research within the safe haven. There are restrictions applied which prevents the researchers from taking data out of the safe haven, once the research/analysis is completed the admin team will need to be contacted for taking the analysis off the safe haven

Jurisdiction

GB

Data use limitation

No restriction

Data use requirements

Collaboration required,Institution-specific restrictions,Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,User-specific restriction

Data Controller

Joint data controller model across North West London

Data Processor

North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL ICB) North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS)

Dataset Types: Health and disease, Treatments/Interventions


Collection Sources: Secondary care - Accident and Emergency

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