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North West London population data (NWL POP)
Dataset
Summary
Population Size:
2640926
Publication Date:
05 May 2020
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
NHAIS is responsible for providing critical national systems and providing a large range of products and services underpinning vital operations in the NHS.
These data-intense services include payments to GPs and managing Patient Registration records.
In Pipeline:
Not 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:
> 10 Years
Pathway:
This dataset provides the full NWL population which identifies every patient
through an unique patient key. This can be used to link to all other datasets to
get a better understanding of the patient pathways.
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
- Administrative
- Care
- Other
Dataset Type:
Health and disease
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
EPR
Collection Source:
Other
Image Contrast:
Not stated
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
05 May 2020
Start Date:
31 March 2020
Time Lag:
1-2 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Researchers will have access to a VDI environment with a specific username and
password. The researchers will get access to the datasets that is present in the
hub's catalogue and would be able to carry out their research within the safe
haven. There are restrictions applied which prevents the researchers from taking
data out of the safe haven, once the research/analysis is completed the admin
team will need to be contacted for taking the analysis off the safe haven.
Access Request Cost:
In Progress
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Data Controller:
Joint data controller model across North West London
Data Processor:
North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL ICB) North East London Integrated
Care Board (NEL ICB) North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS)
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:
- LOCAL
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- ODS
Conforms To:
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
- LOCAL
Language:
English
Format:
- Excel
- SQL
- Tableau
- R
Enrichment and Linkage
Investigations:
Publication About Dataset:
Not Available
Derived From
PID
Title
URL
Long Term Conditions Electronic Frailty Index Q-Admissions Patient Segments Risk Segments
Linkable Datasets
PID
Title
URL
Not Available
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Population
2640926
Count
08 December 2020
Origin
Name:
NWL Data Catalogue