Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 5 Mar 2026 | Updated: 116 days ago
Documentation
Description:
Consent-to-Contact is a streamlined, ethically approved participant recruitment system that connects researchers with patients who have already agreed to hear about relevant research opportunities. By tapping into a pre-consented pool of participants via E-Consenting methods. Researchers can accelerate recruitment timelines, reduce pressure on clinical delivery teams, and reach more diverse and representative cohorts. With built-in data governance and patient engagement tools, this service removes common barriers to recruitment, making it easier to launch and scale high-quality studies across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Coverage
Spatial:
North West London
Typical Age Range:
18-120
Follow Up:
Continuous
Pathway:
All consented patients who have attend Imperial College Hospitals, will out of
hospital follow up for NW London residents
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Research cohort
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
01 January 2025
Start Date:
01 January 2015
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks
Accessibility
Access
Access Request Cost:
Costed a project by project rate
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
Imperial College healthcare NHS Trust
Data Processor:
Imperial College healthcare NHS Trust
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
No restriction
Data Use Requirements:
Ethics approval required
Resource Creators:
NIHR Imperial BRC
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- LOCAL
- SNOMED CT
- OPCS4
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- ICD10
Conforms To:
NHS DATA DICTIONARY
Languages:
en
Formats:
sql