COVID-19 Hospitalisation in England Surveillance System (CHESS) Dataset

COVID-19 Hospitalisation in England Surveillance System (CHESS) Dataset#

# define target dataset to document
schema = 'nhsd'
table = 'CHESS'
version = 'v0002'
# import functions from script helper
import sys
script_fp = "../../../../scripts/"
sys.path.insert(0, script_fp)
from data_doc_helper import DocHelper
# create instance
document = DocHelper(schema, table, version, script_fp)
# markdown/code hybrid cell module requirement
from IPython.display import display, Markdown

1. Summary#

This dataset is now called the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI-Watch) surveillance system dataset.

display(document.style_table(document.get_dataset_info()))
Dataset descriptor Dataset-specific information
Name of dataset in TRE CHESS
Other name Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI-Watch) surveillance system
Keywords COVID-19, Hospitalisation
Short description Dataset of patients admitted to hospital in England with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. This includes people admitted to intensive care or high dependency units. A record represents one episode.
Owner NHS England
Geographical coverage England
Temporal coverage 12/03/2020 to 01/10/2022
TRE temporal coverage 12/03/2020 to 01/10/2022
Frequency of update Annually
Date of last extract None
DOI None
Data resolution Inpatient episode
Number of variables None
Number of participants None
Number of observations None
Version None
Key link https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/data-provision-notices-dpns/sgss-and-sari-watch-data
Specific restrictions to data use Research must be related to COVID-19. For examples of research purposes acceptable to NHS England see the COVID-19 Public Health Directions 2020: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/secretary-of-state-directions/covid-19-public-health-directions-2020

2. Metrics#

The tables below summarise the CHESS dataset in the UK LLC TRE.

Table 1 The number of participants from each LPS that are represented in the CHESS dataset in the UK LLC TRE
(Note: numbers relate to the most recent extract of NHS England data. Numbers <10 are not included in the total)

display(document.style_table(document.get_cohort_count()))
LPS Participant count
ALSPAC 0
BCS70 12
BIB <10
ELSA 24
EPICN <10
EXCEED <10
FENLAND 14
GLAD 59
MCS 19
NCDS58 11
NEXTSTEP <10
NIHRBIO_COPING 11
NSHD46 13
TEDS 0
TRACKC19 <10
TWINSUK 25
UKHLS <10
TOTAL 188

3. Helpful syntax#

Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to Git where you can find the full script.

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