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Lothian Community Prescribing

Population Size

Not reported

Years

2009

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

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Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

Summary of prescriptions that are dispensed in the community (i.e. not within hospitals) throughout the NHS Lothian region.

Documentation

Drugs and medical devices dispensed by community pharmacies since 2009 where the prescriber is located within NHS Lothian. Includes drug strength, formulation and dispensed quantity data. Dispensed prescriptions are coded using British National Formulary (BNF) hierarchy.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable

Keywords

DataLoch, Prescriptions, Public Health Scotland, SIMD, Pharmacy, PHS

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Events

Number of items dispensed to patients.

155000000

Count

17 Aug 2022

Events

Number of prescriptions dispensed to patients. A single prescription may have multiple items dispensed.

101000000

Count

17 Aug 2022

Provenance

Source of data extraction
Other
Collection source setting
Primary care - Clinic, Prescribing - Community pharmacy
Patient pathway description
Primary care prescription data limited to prescriber based within NHS Lothian.
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
1.0.0
Modified

06/09/2024

Citation Requirements
Public Health Scotland

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2009

Time lag
2-6 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Other

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
text/csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access service description
Jurisdiction
GB-SCT
Data use limitation
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
Public Health Scotland, NHS Lothian
Data Processor
University of Edinburgh

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: No collection sources listed