Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 228 days ago
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Laboratory test results for specimens processed in Lothian "Blood Science" Laboratories. Numeric laboratory test results for "Blood Sciences" throughout Lothian (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Western General Hospital and St John"s Hospital at Howden), primarily from Haematology, Biochemistry and Immunology disciplines.
Only tests analysed in Lothian Laboratories are included: testing undertaken by Lighthouse (some covid-19 testing), SNBTS (some blood grouping and tissue typing) and some point of care testing (e.g. capillary glucose or ketones) are not included.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland,City of Edinburgh; United Kingdom,Scotland,East Lothian;
United Kingdom,Scotland,West Lothian; United Kingdom,Scotland,Midlothian
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Laboratory tests carried out for primary and secondary care purposes, limited to
NHS Lothian labs.
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situations:
- Primary care - Clinic
- Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Secondary care - Outpatients
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Daily
Start Date:
01 January 1996
Time Lag:
Less than 1 week
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
NHS Lothian
Data Processor:
University of Edinburgh
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
NHS Lothian
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
text/csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Number of lab test results
380000000
Count
17 August 2022