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National Waiting List Diagnostics
Dataset
Summary
Population Size:
29497
Publication Date:
31 March 2021
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Restoration of elective activity is one of the highest priorities for NHS England and NHS Improvement following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Understanding the composition of the waiting list is critical to managing restoration within North West London.
Data will be collected via data submissions made by each individual provider of NHS Acute healthcare services in North West London. This dataset includes data from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust. Data will be processed under an Information Sharing Agreement between North West London CCG and each organisation. Data submissions will be processed and used for the following purposes:
1. Developing a visual display of the waiting list composition (Elective Waiting List Data Dashboard).
2. Developing a data quality improvement programme with providers.
All open (incomplete) and planned diagnostic waits for modalities in scope DM01 before 23:59 on Sunday of the reporting period.
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:
1 - 10 Years
Pathway:
The independent datasets don't show the full patient pathway. We can include
other datasets (Clock Stops, Clock Starts and Open Pathways) in views to show
the full patient pathway). This dataset contains all diagnostic waits using a
patient pathway identifier to link to patient activity related to NWL patient
population.
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
- Administrative
- Care
- Other
Dataset Type:
Health and disease
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
Other
Collection Source:
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Secondary care - In-patients
Image Contrast:
Not stated
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Weekly
Distribution Release Date:
31 March 2021
Start Date:
31 March 2021
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks
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
- Publication required
Resource Creator:
NHS NWL ICS;,;London SDE
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
NHS NATIONAL CODES
Conforms To:
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
- LOCAL
Language:
English
Format:
- Excel
- SQL
- Tableau
- R
Enrichment and Linkage
Investigations:
Tools:
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
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Registered population
320808
count
20 October 2022
Persons
NHS National Codes
29497
Count
14 September 2021
Origin
Name:
NWL Data Catalogue