Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 15 Apr 2026 | Updated: 0 days ago
Summary
Documentation
Description:
The Brain Health Data Pilot (BHDP) project aims to be a shared database (like a library) of information for scientists studying brain health, especially for diseases like dementia, which affects about 900,000 people in the UK. Its main feature is a huge collection of brain images linked to routinely collected health records, both from NHS Scotland, which will help scientists learn more about dementia and other brain diseases. What is special about this database is that it will get better over time – as scientists use it and add their discoveries, it becomes more valuable.
This is a subset of the Mental Health Inpatient and Day Case - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR04) dataset for use in the Brain Health Data Pilot (BHDP) project.
The dataset contains a wide variety of information such as patient characteristics, mental health diagnosis, length of stay, destination on discharge, whether they are admitted under Mental Health Legislation and any previous psychiatric care. Patient identifiers such as name, date of birth, Community Health Index number, NHS number, and postcode are included together with a wide variety of geographical measures. This includes the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and Carstairs measures, census output area, NHS Board, Electoral Ward and Parliamentary constituency.
In Pipeline:
Not available
Coverage
Spatial:
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
Material Type:
None/not available
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Secondary care data only
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
Care
Dataset Type:
Health and disease
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
EPR
Collection Source:
Secondary care - In-patients
Image Contrast:
Not stated
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Other
Distribution Release Date:
17 June 2024
Start Date:
01 January 2000
End Date:
09 May 2024
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment:
https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/
Brain Health Data Pilot Study
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Data Controller:
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor:
National Services Scotland
Jurisdiction:
Great Britain
Usage
Data Use Limitation:
Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Collaboration required
- Geographical restrictions
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Not for profit use
Resource Creator:
- National Services Scotland
- Public Health Scotland
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
- NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES
- OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Language:
English
Format:
text/csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Number of records
202278
Count
17 June 2024
Persons
Patients with observations
62080
Count
17 June 2024