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Covid-19 Tests

Summary

Abstract

Covid 19 Test Results

Keywords

COVID-19 TESTING Tayside Fife HIC SCOTLAND

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
  • Logo

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  • Description
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  • Contact point
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Documentation

Description

Health Protection Scotland (HPS), part of Public Health Scotland (PHS), is leading the Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland (ESoCiS) programme on behalf of Scottish Government gathering a wide variety of data about COVID-19 from a range of sources, to learn more about the virus and gain an understanding of how it is spreading through the population in Scotland. Data is via ECOSS (health protection system) and the Test and Protect datasets. NHS Digital have been providing a feed of the UK Gov data into NSS IT which then populates the systems for a full picture.
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  • Is part of
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Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    17/06/2021
  • End date
    09/09/2021
  • Frequency
    Static
  • Distribution release date
    18/05/2022

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Disease registry
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    NHS Fife & NHS Tayside
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    Local NHS Boards
  • Data processor
    University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
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  • Linkage opportunity
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  • Tools
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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

CARE_HOME_CLIENT_GROUP

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_COUNCIL_AREA

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_COUNCIL_AREA_CODE

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_INT_AUTHORITY_NAME

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_LOCATION_ID

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_MAIN_AREA_OF_CARE

This field represents the main type of care within the carehome: Acquired brain injury...

CARE_HOME_NHS_BOARD

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_NHS_BOARD_CODE

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_NUM_OF_STAFF

No Column Description Available

CARE_HOME_NUM_REGISTERED_PLACES

No Column Description Available

Variable description

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