Summary
DOI Name:
10.48329/65vp-kt13
Documentation
Description:
The CPRD Aurum database contains longitudinal routinely-collected electronic health records (EHR) from UK primary care practices using EMIS Web; general practice patient management software. The database captures information on demographic characteristics; diagnoses and symptoms; drug exposures; vaccination history; laboratory tests; and referrals to hospital and specialist care.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom
Typical Age Range:
0-115
Follow Up:
1 - 10 Years
Pathway:
Primary care
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Primary care - Clinic
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Quarterly
Distribution Release Date:
07 September 2026
Start Date:
01 January 1987
End Date:
12 August 2026
Time Lag:
2-6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Access to CPRD data, including UK Primary Care Data, and linked data such as
Hospital Episode Statistics, is subject to protocol approval via CPRD’s Research
Data Governance (RDG) Process. Independent scientific and patient advice is
provided by Expert Review Committees (ERCs) and the Central Advisory Committee
(CAC): https://www.cprd.com/research-applications
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Jurisdictions:
GB-GBN
Data Controller:
Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Data Processor:
CPRD
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- General research use
- No general methods research
- No linkage
- Research-specific restrictions
- Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
- Geographical restrictions
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
CPRD
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
SNOMED CT
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
Tab delimited text
Enrichment and Linkage
Qualified Relations:
- Cancer Registration Data for CPRD Aurum
- CPRD Aurum Civil Registrations of Death
- HES Accident and Emergency data for CPRD GOLD
- HES Outpatient data for CPRD Aurum
- CPRD Aurum SGSS
- Mental Health Dataset (MHDS) for CPRD Aurum
- HES Admitted Patient Care data for CPRD Aurum
- HES Diagnostic Imaging Dataset for CPRD Aurum
- CPRD Aurum CHESS
- CPRD Aurum ICNARC
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Findings
Total number of practices (currently contributing and historic practices)
1960
Count
07 September 2026
Findings
Total number of practices (currently contributing practices only)
1704
Count
07 September 2026
Persons
Total number of research acceptable patients in CPRD September 2026 version
56609047
Count
07 September 2026