Overview
Acronym
WDDS
Type of information
Administrative data
URL of the data source
Description
The Welsh Dispensing Dataset covers prescriptions that are prescribed in Wales by GPs (general medical practitioners) and non medical prescribers that have prescribed on behalf of the GP practice, that are then dispensed in the community within Wales.
Governance and legal framework
De-identified data in the SAIL databank www.saildatabank.com
Free keywords
Prescriptions
dispensing
prescribing
SAIL
NCS
COVID-19
WDDS
Topics
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Pharmaceutical sales & consumption » Pharmaceutical consumption
Demographics
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
General population
Age range
From 0 years to 130 years
Sex
Unknown
Dataset
Data Collection Period
Language(s)
English
Updating Periodicity
Monthly
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Contact
Contact name
Sail Databank
Contact e-mail
SAILDatabank@swansea.ac.uk
Contact info (address)
Data Science Building,
Swansea University,
Singleton Park,
Swansea,
SA2 8PP
Updated on 06 March 2023