Description:

Administration of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and regulations and parts of the Medicines Act 1981 and regulations

Additional information:

Have_(encrypted)_NHI No
Personally identifiable (e.g. linked to NHI numbers) and longitudinal or aggregated (e.g. for planning, clinical research etc.)? Other
Scope National
Does the data contain diagnoses and clinical outcomes? Does the data contain procedures, device information and medication for therapy? Does this data set have cost / price data? Info about the health conditions people have (e.g. diagnosis data)? No. Cost/price data? Information on fees paid by providers applying for licencing
Presence of Data dictionary? Column headings in Excel or any kind of data model if residing in a relational database (e.g. Access, SQL Server, Oracle etc.) Other
How often does this data set get updated? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Quarterly? Yearly? Daily
Brief info about the systems and processes used to collect/manage data. Q: Where the data is collected, in what form, and accessibility? The data comes from NGO
Data format, e.g., data structure, data types, and storage form (relational database, Excel, csv, etc.). Available as Access and Lotus formats
How well the data is structured, e.g. free text VS coded text VS pick-list (drop-down list) Data format - numeric or character? Mix of structured and unstructured data and attached documents, especially with respect to the data captured from audit reports