Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 229 days ago
Documentation
Description:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to increased demand on general practices, including an increasing number of requests to provide patient data to inform planning and support vital research on the cause, effects, treatments and outcomes for patients of the virus. To support the response to the coronavirus outbreak, NHS Digital has been legally directed to collect and analyse healthcare information about patients, including from their GP record, for the duration of the coronavirus emergency period, under the COVID-19 Public Health Directions 2020 (COVID-19 Direction). All GP practices in England are legally required to share data with NHS Digital for this purpose under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. More information about this requirement is contained in the Data Provision Notice issued by NHS Digital to GP practices.
This collection will reduce burden on general practices, allowing them to focus on patient care and support the coronavirus response.
Timescales for dissemination of agreed data can be found under "Our Service Levels" at the following link: [https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process](https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process)
Coverage
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Administrative
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Primary care - Clinic
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Weekly
Start Date:
01 January 1900
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either
by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE). Secure
file transfer: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely DAE:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-ENG
Data Controller:
NHS England (NHSE)
Data Processor:
NHS England (NHSE)
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
Resource Creators:
NHS ENGLAND
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- SNOMED CT
- DM+D
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- ODS
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
This, other counts and coverage proportion for England are reported at https://digital.nhs.uk/coronavirus/gpes-data-for-pandemic-planning-and-research/guide-for-analysts-and-users-of-the-data
56441600
Count
24 August 2020