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North West London Pathology: Chemistry

Dataset

Summary

Population Size:
2316462
Publication Date:
23 March 2026

Documentation

Description:
The NWL Pathology linked table is a direct feed from North West London Pathology for patients who have had Chemistry tests from 2018 onwards. Some of the data items included are test dates and times, test codes and names and test results. The data also includes tests that were not performed.
In Pipeline:
Available

Coverage

Spatial:
  • United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Harrow
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Westminster
Typical Age Range Min:
0
Typical Age Range Max:
150
Material Type:
None/not available
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
This dataset contains all Chemistry test results for tests performed by NWL Pathology from year 2018 onwards. Each patient will be identifed using an unique patient key, patient keys can be used to link to other datasets to understand the patient pathway.

Provenance

Origin

Purpose:
  • Administrative
  • Care
  • Other
Dataset Type:
  • Health and disease
  • Measurements/Tests
Dataset Sub-Type:
Others
Source:
Other
Collection Source:
Services
Image Contrast:
Not stated

Temporal

Publishing Frequency:
Biweekly
Distribution Release Date:
23 March 2026
Start Date:
01 April 2018
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks

Accessibility

Access

Access Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Researchers will have access to a secure workspace via an airlocked Azure Virtual Desktop with a specific username and password. Researchers will get specific access to a relevant subset of the datasets that are present in the SDE catalogue for their project and will be able to carry out their research within the safe haven. There are restrictions applied which prevent the researchers from taking data out of the safe haven. Once the research is completed the London SDE admin team will need to be contacted for any requests to egress summary analysis out of the safe haven which will not breach 5 safe standards.
Access Request Cost:
In Progress
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Data Controller:
Joint data controller model across London: North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS), Central London Integrated Care System (CL ICS), East London Integrated Care System (EL ICS), West London Integrated Care System (WL ICS), South London Integrated Care System (SL ICS)
Data Processor:
The data processor for the London Secure Data Environment (SDE) is primarily managed by OneLondon, a partnership of London's five integrated care systems (ICSs) and three health innovation networks.
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Usage

Data Use Limitation:
No restriction
Data Use Requirements:
  • Collaboration required
  • Institution-specific restrictions
  • Project-specific restrictions
  • Time limit on use
  • User-specific restriction
Resource Creator:
  • NHS NWL ICS
  • London SDE

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Language:
English
Format:
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • R

Enrichment and Linkage

Publication About Dataset:
Bottleet al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2020) 20:71 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1082-7

Linkable Datasets

PID
Title
URL
Each patient will be identified by an unique patient key that can be used to link to all other datasets available within London Analytics Platform

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
464058004
Count
23 March 2026
Persons
2316462
Count
23 March 2026