Genomics England (GEL)

First published 26/10/2022

Last updated 17/10/2024

Data source

Human

Biobank

Population registry

Other

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The data source contains the following information

Disease information Does the data source collect information with a focus on a specific disease? This might be a patient registry or other similar initiatives.: Yes

Rare diseases Are rare diseases captured? In the European Union a rare disease is one that affects no more than 5 people in 10,000.: Yes

Pregnancy and/or neonates Does the data source collect information on pregnant women and/or neonatal subpopulation (under 28 days of age)?: No

Hospital admission and/or discharge: Yes

ICU admission Is information on intensive care unit admission available?: Yes

Cause of death: Captured

Cause of death vocabulary: ICD-10

OPCS

Prescriptions of medicines: Captured

Prescriptions vocabulary: other

Dispensing of medicines: Captured

Dispensing vocabulary: other

Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) Is information on advanced therapy medicinal products included? A medicinal product for human use that is either a gene therapy medicinal product, a somatic cell therapy product or a tissue engineered products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 [Reg (EC) No 1394/2007 Art 1(1)].: Yes

Contraception Is information on the use of any type of contraception (oral, injectable, devices etc.) available?: No

Indication for use Does the data source capture information on the therapeutic indication for the use of medicinal products?: Captured

Medical devices Is information on medicinal devices (e.g., pens, syringes, inhalers) available?: No

Administration of vaccines: No

Procedures Does the data source capture information on procedures (e.g., diagnostic tests, therapeutic, surgical interventions)?: Captured

Procedures vocabulary: OPCS

SNOMED

ICD-10

Clinical measurements Is information on clinical measurements (e.g., BMI, blood pressure, height) available?: Yes

Healthcare provider Is information on the person providing healthcare (e.g., physician, pharmacist, specialist) available? The healthcare provider refers to individual health professionals or a health facility organisation licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices.: No

Genetic data Are data related to genotyping, genome sequencing available?: Captured

Genetic data vocabulary: HGNC

HGVS

Other

Genetic data vocabulary, other: ClinVar for information about genomic variation and its relationship to human health

Biomarker data Does the data source capture biomarker information? The term “biomarker” refers to a broad subcategory of medical signs ( objective indications of medical state observed from outside the patient), which can be measured accurately and reproducibly. For example, haematological assays, infectious disease markers or metabolomic biomarkers.: Captured

Patient-reported outcomes Is information on patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life) available?: No

Patient-generated data Is patient-generated information (e.g., from wearable devices) available?: No

Units of healthcare utilisation Are units of healthcare utilisation (e.g., number of visits to GP per year, number of hospital days) available or can they be derived? Units of healthcare utilisation refer to the quantification of the use of services for the purpose of preventing or curing health problems.: Yes

Unique identifier for persons Are patients uniquely identified in the data source?: Yes

Diagnostic codes: Captured

Diagnosis / medical event vocabulary: ICD-10

OPCS

Other

Diagnosis / medical event vocabulary, other: ICD-0-3

Medicinal product information: Not Captured

Quality of life measurements: Not Captured

Lifestyle factors: Not Captured

Sociodemographic information: Captured

Sociodemographic information collected: Age

Sex

Gender

Ethnicity

Deprivation index