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Alcohol Dependency Dataset

The Alcohol Dependence dataset is required to monitor the impact and clinical outcomes of alcohol dependence treatment services, as well as the impact on reducing health inequalities. It will also contribute to the evaluation of the programme and drive future policy decisions in terms of further roll out.

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Access method

Data set available in packages

  • No

Period of data coverage

Alcohol Dependency Dataset will cover the period of 21/10/2022 onward.

Geographical scope of data

England

Linkable to other data sets

  • Yes 

Associated data sets

Not applicable 

Data collection process

Submitted by: NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts 

Collected by: NHS England

Frequency: Monthly

Clinical coding systems

None of the considered coding systems are used as responses in the data fields

Full list of coding systems considered

SNOMED-CT (a structured clinical vocabulary for use in electronic health records.)

ICD  (International Classification of Diseases classifies diseases and other health conditions.)

OPCS-4  (Office of Population Census and Surveys classification of interventions and surgical procedures)

dm+d  (Dictionary of descriptions and codes which represent medicines and devices in use across the NHS.)

NICIP (National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure provides consistent recording of imaging procedures.)

UCUM  (Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measurement.)

TFCs (Treatment Function Codes are used to record treatment activities undertaken)

Read Code v2  (A coded thesaurus of clinical terms.)

Read Code Clinical Terms v3 (A coded thesaurus of clinical terms.)

UICC (Union for International Cancer Control classification of cancer by anatomic disease extent.)

IMD  (Indices of Multiple Deprivation measures relative poverty.)

Derived fields

Standardised formulation may be applied across multiple data sets to generate commonly derived fields.  Any standard derivations applicable to this data set are listed below. Please note that this does not include bespoke derivations created specifically for the individual data set.

  • GP_PRACTICE_CODE_TRACED
  • POSTCODE_TRACED
  • CCG_OF_RESIDENCE
  • LA_OF_RESIDENCE
  • LSOA_OF_RESIDENCE
  • ICS_OF_REGISTRATION
  • CCG_OF_REGISTRATION
  • LA_OF_REGISTRATION
  • LSOA_OF_REGISTRATION
  • PERSON_ID
Full list of standard derivations considered

GP_PRACTICE_CODE_TRACED (The GP practice that the patient is registered at, as found when traced against the Person Demographic Service (PDS).)

CCG_OF_RESIDENCE (Clinical Commissioning Group covering the area in which the patient’s postcode falls where data relates to pre 1 July 2022. Otherwise ICB sublocation.)

ICS_OF_RESIDENCE (The Integrated Care System covering the area in which the patient’s postcode falls. This will be null for any data relating to earlier than 1 July 2022.)

LA_OF_RESIDENCE (The local authority covering the area in which the patient’s postcode falls.)

LSOA_OF_RESIDENCE (The Lower Super Output Area (lowest level without being disclosive) covering the area in which the patient’s postcode falls.)

CCG_OF_REGISTRATION (Clinical Commissioning Group which has a commissioning relationship with the GP practice which the patient is registered at where data relates to pre 1 July 2022. Otherwise ICB sub location.)

ICS_OF_REGISTRATION (The Integrated Care System covering the area in which the patient’s GP practice falls. This will be null until for any data relating to earlier than 1 July 2022.)

LA_OF_REGISTRATION (The local authority covering the area in which the patient’s GP practice falls.)

LSOA_OF_REGISTRATION (The Lower Super Output Area (lowest level without being disclosive) covering the area in which the patient’s GP practice falls.)

Third party licensing

Does the data set require copyrighted clinical assessment tools or outcome measures that require a licence?

  • None

Advice and support

Governance of this data set is provided by:

Owning organisation: NHS England

Data Controller: NHS England

Data Processor: NHS England

NHS England provides a variety of functions for the data sets we make available. Therefore, our knowledge and understanding of the data will vary, impacting the level of advice and support we can provide.

In relation to this data set, we make this specific release asset available to allow access to more timely though less complete and assured data. As such, we do not offer a support service to assist with queries relating to the data contained within this asset.

Supporting documentation and guidance

The SUS data flows used to create Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data sets will now be used to create these additional un-curated data sets which will offer access to more current data (though less complete and assured).

Last edited: 16 September 2024 3:02 pm