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North West London Primary Care Prescriptions Data (NWL PCP)

Population Size

1,865,802

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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Lead time

1-2 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The NWL Primary Care Prescriptions covers all General Practices in NWL using EMIS or S1. This provides details of supply of prescriptions, issue date, primary care organisation that issued as well as whether it is a repeat or one-off prescription.

Documentation

Organisations we collect information for include:

NHS England - information is used to collect GP payments, based on achievements under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and the delivery of quality services other government departments - for information about certain medical conditions and GP activity universities and other organisations - for academic research and services such as screening programmes The systems that we use to collect data and information include:

General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) - used to collect information and data Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) - to record practice participation and to process and display information GP clinical systems - to record information at practice level We are responsible for producing and maintaining the extract specification (business rules) to enable the extraction of these services.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

1865802

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Population

1865802

Count

08 Dec 2020

Persons

Registered Population

2313327

count

20 Oct 2022

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic

Patient pathway description

Primary Care Prescriptions covers all General Practices in NWL using EMIS or S1. This provides details of supply of prescriptions, issue date, primary care organisation that issued as well as whether it is a repeat or one-off prescription.

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

01/01/2015

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

READ, SNOMED CT

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


Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic

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