NACAP: Adult Asthma Hospital Audit for England, Scotland, and Wales, 2019-2020

England, Scotland, and Wales contributed data for the adult asthma clinical audit component of the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP). The dataset includes records from adult asthma patients discharged from hospital between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. The report and underlying data were published by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking hospital performance in asthma care based on audit indicators mentioned in the description
• Analyzing regional variations in asthma treatment and discharge practices across England, Scotland, and Wales
• Identifying key recommendations for improving clinical asthma management based on the audit's main messages

Strengths

• Data covers a defined one-year audit period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
• Includes a multi-national scope covering England, Scotland, and Wales
• Derived from a structured national clinical audit programme (NACAP)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Clinical audit data collection for the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP)

Time Range

1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

Freshness

Data reflects the 2019/20 audit period; last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

England, Scotland, Wales