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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 226 days ago

North West London Primary Care Prescriptions Data (NWL PCP)

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Organisations we collect information for include: NHS England - information is used to collect GP payments, based on achievements under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and the delivery of quality services other government departments - for information about certain medical conditions and GP activity universities and other organisations - for academic research and services such as screening programmes The systems that we use to collect data and information include: General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) - used to collect information and data Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) - to record practice participation and to process and display information GP clinical systems - to record information at practice level We are responsible for producing and maintaining the extract specification (business rules) to enable the extraction of these services.

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom,England,London,Brent; United Kingdom,England,London,Ealing; United Kingdom,England,London,Hammersmith and Fulham; United Kingdom,England,London,Harrow; United Kingdom,England,London,Hillingdon; United Kingdom,England,London,Hounslow; United Kingdom,England,London,Kensington and Chelsea; United Kingdom,England,London,Westminster
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
> 10 Years
Pathway:
Primary Care Prescriptions covers all General Practices in NWL using EMIS or S1. This provides details of supply of prescriptions, issue date, primary care organisation that issued as well as whether it is a repeat or one-off prescription.

Provenance

Origin

Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Primary care - Clinic

Temporal

Accrual Periodicity:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
18 December 2019
Start Date:
01 January 2015
Time Lag:
1-2 months

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 hub"s 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:
GB
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:
  • READ
  • SNOMED CT
Languages:
en
Formats:
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • R

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Population
1865802
Count
08 December 2020
Persons
Registered Population
2313327
count
20 October 2022