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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 233 days ago

GP Out of Hours

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE

Documentation

Description:
NHS Boards provide Primary Care OOH services for patients when their registered GP Practice is closed. Scottish Government commissioned the National Services Scotland now Public Health Scotland to develop and introduce a dataset to collect information on GP Out of Hours patients across Scotland. National data collection began in April 2014. Data on patients seen by GP Out of Hours (OOH) services across Scotland are collected and maintained by PHS in the national data warehouse known as the GP OOH datamart. Data is collected on local IT system (Adastra), then extracted and submitted to the DataMart on a weekly basis.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom,Scotland

Temporal

Start Date:
31 March 2014
Frequency:
Monthly
Distribution Release Date:
31 August 2020

Provenance

Purpose:
Administrative

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
General research use
Resource Creator:
Public Health Scotland

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
  • text
  • csv

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Consultations
7996758
Count
20 January 2021