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North West London population data (NWL POP)

Dataset

Summary

Population Size:
2640926
Publication Date:
05 May 2020

Documentation

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:
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 Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Researchers will have access to a secure workspace via an airlocked Azure Virtual Desktop with a specific username and password. Researchers will get specific access to a relevant subset of the datasets that are present in the SDE catalogue for their project and will be able to carry out their research within the safe haven. There are restrictions applied which prevent the researchers from taking data out of the safe haven. Once the research is completed the London SDE admin team will need to be contacted for any requests to egress summary analysis out of the safe haven which will not breach 5 safe standards.
Access Request Cost:
In Progress
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Data Controller:
Joint data controller model across London: North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS), Central London Integrated Care System (CL ICS), East London Integrated Care System (EL ICS), West London Integrated Care System (WL ICS), South London Integrated Care System (SL ICS)
Data Processor:
The data processor for the London Secure Data Environment (SDE) is primarily managed by OneLondon, a partnership of London's five integrated care systems (ICSs) and three health innovation networks.
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

Publication About Dataset:
Bottleet al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2020) 20:71 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1082-7

Derived From

PID
Title
URL
Long Term Conditions Electronic Frailty Index Q-Admissions Patient Segments Risk Segments

Linkable Datasets

PID
Title
URL
Each patient will be identified by an unique patient key that can be used to link to all other datasets available within London Analytics Platform

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Population
2640926
Count
08 December 2020