Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 14 Aug 2026 | Updated: 0 days ago
Summary
DOI Name:
10.6084/m9.figshare.30500204
Documentation
Description:
The dataset includes pharmacy prescription of patients and detailed data on the prescription, prescription form, and prescription strength.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom, England, North West, Manchester
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
N/A
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
- Prescribing - Hospital
- Prescribing - Community pharmacy
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Clinic
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 September 2008
End Date:
08 October 2022
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
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:
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
- LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
- csv
- sql
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Number of prescriptions
5561686
Count
14 August 2026
Persons
Distinct number of subjects in the dataset
541286
Count
14 August 2026