Summary
DOI Name:
10.6084/m9.figshare.30500306
Documentation
Description:
The dataset contains patient referrals, reason for referrals and related treatment functions.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom, England, North West, Manchester
Typical Age Range:
0-149
Follow Up:
Continuous
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Secondary care - Outpatients
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Distribution Release Date:
20 November 2025
Start Date:
01 January 1985
End Date:
16 June 2023
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
In progress. MFT have both on-premise and cloud solutions for accessing data.
Each application will be assessed on a case-by-case basis but the default access
setting is through our secure data environment analytical platform/TRE.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Data Processor:
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- Research use only
- General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Disclosure control
Resource Creators:
To inform CDSU of any publications arising from this Project Dataset and ensure CDSU and the relevant data controller responsible for initially providing data are acknowledged as data sources in all resulting reports and publications. E.g. "We acknowledge the support of the Clinical Data Science Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for managing and supplying the pseudonymised data from the original data source."
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
- LOCAL
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
Languages:
en
Formats:
- csv
- sql
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Count of referrals
13043577
Count
20 November 2025
Persons
Distinct number of subjects in the dataset
3512330
Count
20 November 2025