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Prescribing Information System (PIS)

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2009

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The Prescribing Information System (PIS) is the definitive data source for all prescribing relating to all medicines and their costs that are prescribed and dispensed in the community in Scotland.

Documentation

The information is supplied by Practitioner & Counter Fraud Services Division (P&CFS) who is responsible for the processing and pricing of all prescriptions dispensed in Scotland. These data are augmented with information on prescriptions written in Scotland that were dispensed elsewhere in the United Kingdom. GP’s write the vast majority of these prescriptions, with the remainder written by other authorised prescribers such as nurses and dentists. Also included in the dataset are prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community. Note that prescriptions dispensed within hospitals are not included. Data includes CHI number, prescriber and dispenser details for community prescribing, costs and drug information. Data on practices (e.g. list size), organisational structures (e.g. practices within Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) and NHS Boards), prescribable items (e.g. manufacturer, formulation code, strength) are also included. Around 100 million data items are loaded per annum.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Keywords

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Care

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Primary care - Clinic

Patient pathway description

Primary & community dispensed prescriptions

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

2.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

27/10/2024

Citation Requirements

Public Health Scotland

Coverage

Start date

01/04/2009

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OMOP

Controlled vocabulary

DM+D

Format

text, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Jurisdiction

GB

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Collaboration required,Institution-specific restrictions,Not for profit use

Data Controller

Public Health Scotland / National Records Scotland

Data Processor

National Services Scotland

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic

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