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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 17 Jul 2025 | Updated: 143 days ago

Primary Care Appointments

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
An entry in the clinical systems calendar for time allocated to a specific patient. Some examples of this are a face to face appointment, a non face to face appointment and carrying out administration tasks relating to a patient

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom, England, London, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Harrow, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
1 - 10 Years
Pathway:
This dataset contains all Primary Care appointments for patients in North West London. Each patient will be identified using an unique patient key, patient keys can be used to link to other datasets to understand the patient pathway.

Provenance

Origin

Purposes:
Care
Sources:
  • EPR
  • Other
Collection Situations:
Primary care - Clinic

Temporal

Accrual Periodicity:
Biweekly
Start Date:
01 January 2015
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks

Accessibility

Access

Access Service:
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 hubs 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.
Access Request Cost:
In Progress
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Jurisdictions:
UK
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)

Usage

Data Use Limitations:
No restriction
Data Use Requirements:
  • Collaboration required
  • Institution-specific restrictions
  • Project-specific restrictions
  • Time limit on use
  • User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
NHS NWL ICS + Discover-NOW

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • R

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Count of Events
201514547
Count
29 September 2025
Persons
Count of distinct patients
4391479
Distinct Count
29 September 2025