Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 227 days ago
Documentation
Description:
Community dispensed prescription items for patients registered to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board. Drugs are coded to the British National Formulary (BNF) code and include details of strength, unit, and dose. Does not include hospital prescribing, although the West of Scotland Safe Haven intends to make this available in 2024.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom; United Kingdom,Scotland; United Kingdom,Scotland,Glasgow City
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Unknown
Pathway:
Community dispensed and paid prescription items for the NHS Greater Glasgow and
Clyde population, not including items dispensed in secondary care settings.
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
Other
Collection Situations:
- Primary care - Clinic
- Prescribing - Community pharmacy
- Community
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
01 January 2024
Start Date:
01 January 1999
End Date:
01 January 2024
Time Lag:
2-6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
The West of Scotland Safe Haven is part of the regional Safe Haven network in
Scotland. We operate as a REC-approved research database (IRAS 321198) within
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and offer a delegated ethics route for data-only
studies, cohort builds and linkage to a variety of deep, multi-modal clinical
NHS data types - including structured, free text, and imaging - with hosting of
deidentified research-ready datasets in an ISO-accredited Secure Data
Environment. For more information, please email safehaven@ggc.scot.nhs.uk to
discuss requirements.
Access Request Cost:
Operate on a cost recovery basis, quotations available on request
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Data Processor:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
Local NHS boards
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES
Languages:
en
Formats:
Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Prescriptions
280000000
COUNT
01 February 2024