Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 231 days ago
Covid-19 Tests
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
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.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom,Scotland
Temporal
Start Date:
17 June 2021
End Date:
09 September 2021
Frequency:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
18 May 2022
Provenance
Purpose:
Disease registry
Collection Situation:
Other
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
General research use
Condition of Use:
Disclosure control
Resource Creator:
NHS Fife & NHS Tayside
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
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Local NHS Boards
Access Request Cost:
Quotation available on request
Data Processor:
University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
72,582 events in the dataset
72582
count
18 May 2022
Persons
20,058 persons in the dataset
20058
COUNT
18 May 2022
Origin
Name:
Scottish Health Data