NHSOF 2.7: Health-Related Quality of Life for People with Multiple Long-Term Conditions

One indicator measuring health-related quality of life for individuals self-reporting three or more long-term conditions. The Government Digital Service created this dataset to track how successfully the NHS supports this population, with the current version updated in September 2017. The next version was due in August 2018.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in health-related quality of life over time based on the indicator's purpose.
• Assess NHS support effectiveness for patients with multiple long-term conditions based on the described measurement goal.
• Conduct population health analysis for groups with complex chronic conditions based on the dataset's focus.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of a formal NHS indicator framework (NHSOF 2.7).
• Data is provided in multiple accessible formats (EXCEL XLS, CSV).
• Has a defined update schedule, with a next version due date specified (Aug-18).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely based on survey or administrative data measuring self-reported conditions and quality of life.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not explicitly stated in the input.

Freshness

Current version updated Sep-17; next version due Aug-18.

Geography

Spatial coverage is not explicitly stated in the input, but likely focuses on the NHS service area.