Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 18 Feb 2025 | Updated: 421 days ago
Documentation
Description:
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the UK. Understanding use of different prostate cancer treatments can help improve care for patients, make better use of NHS resources, and highlight any gaps or inconsistencies in treatment.
Clinicians may choose different treatments due to a variety of reasons, such as personal experience, patient preferences, or how they interpret medical guidelines. These differences can lead to inconsistent treatment across the country. There is a lack of evidence on about how much variation there is in prescribing these hormone therapies.
The study seeks to identifying where and why these differences occur in order to work towards making sure all patients get the best possible care. The study will start by looking at how hormone treatments (especially a type called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)) are prescribed in different parts of England, based on NHS Trust areas.
Coverage
Spatial:
England
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Research cohort
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Secondary care - Outpatients
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 January 2022
End Date:
31 December 2023
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Information Governance and Ethics - West Midlands Secure Data Environment (https://westmidlandssde.nhs.uk/information-governance-and-ethics)
Access Service:
Data Request Process - West Midlands Secure Data Environment
(https://westmidlandssde.nhs.uk/research/data-request)
Access Request Cost:
Please email wmsde@uhb.nhs.uk
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
GB
Data Controller:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Data Processor:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Usage
Resource Creators:
This publication uses data from WMSDE, an ethically approved NHS Secure Data Environment (NRES Reference 24/YH/0022)
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- ICD10
- ICDO3
- OPCS4
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV