Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 28 Sep 2026 | Updated: 43 days ago
Documentation
Description:
The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Secondary Care Dataset contains linked health and care data collected as part of routine service delivery across Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. The dataset includes demographics, inpatient activity, outpatient activity, emergency care attendances, pathology results, radiology investigations, prescribing information, cancer pathways, maternity care, community services, mental health services, cardiology activity and critical care episodes. The dataset supports a broad range of research and service improvement activities including population health management, healthcare evaluation, clinical research, health inequalities analysis, pathway optimisation and innovation projects. The dataset represents data collected from multiple historical organisations which now form Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and provides a comprehensive view of patient activity across acute, community and mental health settings.
Coverage
Spatial:
Somerset
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Pathway:
The dataset represents patient activity across Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and
includes acute, community, mental health and specialist services. Data captures
multiple stages of the patient journey including referrals, outpatient
appointments, emergency care attendances, inpatient admissions, diagnostics,
treatments and ongoing community care activity. Coverage varies by service area
and source system.
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
- Care
- Administrative
- Statutory
Sources:
- EPR
- LIMS
- Machine generated
Collection Situations:
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
- Clinic
- Services
- Community
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Start Date:
27 August 2021
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Access to approved datasets is provided through the South West Secure Data
Environment (SWSDE). Access is restricted to approved users working on approved
projects and is governed through established information governance, security
and data access processes. Data remains within the secure environment and
outputs are subject to disclosure control processes.
https://www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/research/
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
South West Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Data Processor:
South West Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
- Ethics approval required
- Project-specific restrictions
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- SNOMED CT
- ICD10
- OPCS4
Conforms To:
NHS DATA DICTIONARY
Languages:
en
Formats:
- text/tab-separated-values
- csv
- sql
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Healthcare interactions including inpatient admissions, outpatient attendances, emergency attendances, diagnostic investigations and treatments.
600000
Count
10 November 2026