Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 2 May 2025 | Updated: 219 days ago
Primary Care Data - North East and North Cumbria
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
This dataset is essential for population health research, service planning, and evaluation of primary care interventions. It enables linkage to other regional datasets (e.g. secondary care, ambulance, community services) to support end-to-end pathway analysis. All data are pseudonymised before being made available within the Secure Data Environment and exclude directly identifiable information.
Coverage
Spatial:
General practices across the North East and North Cumbria region
Pathway:
The patient pathway in primary care begins with registration at a GP practice,
where core demographic information and any known clinical history are recorded.
Patients may access services through in-person appointments, telephone
consultations, or online systems. During each contact, GPs and other practice
staff record coded entries for symptoms, diagnoses, prescriptions, referrals,
and results. Patients may be referred to secondary care, community services, or
social care, with relevant details recorded in the GP system. Ongoing care
includes regular reviews, medication management, vaccinations, screening, and
long-term condition monitoring. GP data therefore provides a continuous,
foundational record of each patient’s interaction with the NHS.
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
- Primary care - Clinic
- Primary care - Referrals
- Primary care - Out of hours
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Monthly
Start Date:
01 April 2020
Time Lag:
1-2 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
In Progress
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Data Processor:
NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
No restriction
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
SNOMED CT
Conforms To:
OMOP
Languages:
en
Formats:
application/sql