Representativeness, Vaccination Uptake, and COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes 2020-2021 in the UK Oxford-Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Network: Cohort Profile Summary.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Oxford-Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC) is one of Europe's oldest sentinel systems, working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and its predecessor bodies for 55 years. Its surveillance report now runs twice weekly, supplemented by online observatories. In addition to conducting sentinel surveillance from a nationally representative group of practices, the RSC is now also providing data for syndromic surveillance.

Objective

The aim of this study was to describe the cohort profile at the start of the 2021-2022 surveillance season and recent changes to our surveillance practice.

Methods

The RSC's pseudonymized primary care data, linked to hospital and other data, are held in the Oxford-RCGP Clinic

SUBMITTER: Leston M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9770023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature