University of Oxford: This is a research study aiming to establish the proportion of patients dying over the course of a year in Oxfordshire who are assessed by the Oxfordshire Out of Hours (OOH) servic

Data-sharing agreement from NHS Digital registers of approved data releases, 2014–2019. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation

University of Oxford

Source reference

DARS-NIC-10496-Z3F9B-v0.10

Jurisdiction

England

Licence

Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

This is a research study aiming to establish the proportion of patients dying over the course of a year in Oxfordshire who are assessed by the Oxfordshire Out of Hours (OOH) service in the 4 weeks prior to their death. The study also aims to evaluate whether there are clinical and demographic features which could help distinguish patient subgroups at higher risk of death within 4 weeks of contact with the OOH service.

Register reference

DARS-NIC-10496-Z3F9B-v0.10

Agreement period

not published to no end date published

For commercial purposes (as marked in the register)

Not stated

Release files listed by NHS England

1

Data approved

• Office for National Statistics Mortality Data

Objective, as published

This is a research study aiming to establish the proportion of patients dying over the course of a year in Oxfordshire who are assessed by the Oxfordshire Out of Hours (OOH) service in the 4 weeks prior to their death. The study also aims to evaluate whether there are clinical and demographic features which could help distinguish patient subgroups at higher risk of death within 4 weeks of contact with the OOH service.

Expected benefits, as published

The provision of primary care services outside core contracted hours is fundamental to the operation of the NHS. On a national scale it is clear that out of hours care is an area of significant challenge, and a current focus for quality improvement; the 2014 Urgent Care Commission report ‘Urgent and important: the future for urgent care in a 24/7 NHS' issued a direct ‘call to action’ for improvement in out of hours primary care provision. If Out of hours primary care is a fertile research area, then end of life care is even more so. ‘Actions for End of Life Care’ (NHS England, 2014) clearly establishes improving end of life care as a key goal for the NHS. The contribution of out of hours primary care to end of life care is currently unknown. It is not known how many patients who have cont…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/22305/Data-Release-Register-April-to-August-2016/xls/Data_Release_Register__April_-_August_2016.xlsx. Captured 2026-10-30.

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