CPRD GOLD CHESS March 2021

Public Health England (PHE) established COVID-19 Hospitalisation in England Surveillance System (CHESS) across all NHS Trusts in England on 15/03/2020 to collect epidemiological data on COVID-19 infection in persons requiring hospitalisation and ICU/HDU admission. Trends in hospital and critical care admission rates need to be interpreted in the context of testing recommendations, which changed over time. Access to linked CHESS data is subject to prior protocol approval. This dataset is not covered by existing licences, and data can only be released to organisations within the UK/EU/EEA. Further information is available at https://www.cprd.com/linked-data. Covers admissions to 29/09/2020.