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North West London Pathology: Virology

Dataset

Summary

Population Size:
100000
Publication Date:
01 December 2025

Documentation

Description:
Pathology culture results from NWL Pathology in regards to Virology Tests.
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:
Other
Pathway:
This dataset contains all Virology test results for tests performed by NWL Pathology from year 2018 onwards. Each patient will be identifed using an unique patient key, patient keys can be used to link to other datasets to understand the patient pathway.

Provenance

Origin

Purpose:
  • Administrative
  • Care
  • Other
Dataset Type:
  • Health and disease
  • Measurements/Tests
Dataset Sub-Type:
Others
Source:
Other
Collection Source:
Services
Image Contrast:
Not stated

Temporal

Publishing Frequency:
Biweekly
Distribution Release Date:
01 December 2025
Start Date:
01 April 2018
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks

Accessibility

Access

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:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
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

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
1
Count
03 December 2025