NHS information & data – Allyson Pollock

Coleman MP, Di Carlo V, Ashton JR, Pollock AM, Matz M, Allemani C. Reliable, real-world data on excess mortality are required to assess the impact of covid-19. BMJ Opinion. 07 May 2020.

Pollock AM, Roderick P. Trust in the time of markets: protecting patient information. The Lancet. 2014; 383 (9928): 1523–4. download

Pollock AM, Roderick P. Protecting confidential patient information and promoting public health research: three proposed amendments to the Care Bill: briefing. 2014. download

Pollock AM, Price D. Loss of population data sources when health systems are not responsible for geographically defined populations: implications of the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in England. Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online First: 2014;19(1):4–5. download pdf

Pollock AM, Macfarlane A, Godden S. Dismantling the signposts to public health? NHS data under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. BMJ 2012;344:e2364. download

Pollock AM, Price D. The break-up of the NHS: implications for information systems. In: Watson P, editor, Health care reform and globalisation: the US, China and Europe in comparative perspective. London: Routledge 2012. 25–39.

Pollock AM, Price D. The break up of the English NHS: the new market bureaucracy needs information systems based on members and not geographic populations. Michael Quarterly 2011;8:460–75. download

Godden S, McCoy D, Pollock AM. Using SitReps performance data to monitor the delayed discharge process. Health Services Management Research 2008;21:155–60. download

Macfarlane A, Drey N, Godden S, et al. Identification and evaluation of standardised datasets for measuring and monitoring access to health care. Final report for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D. 2005. download

Godden S, Leicester M, Pollock A. Community information for planning and needs assessment. Information and management Group. London: Department of Health 1997.