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SWAST – South Western Ambulance Service Trust

Lay Description

Data collected by the South Western Ambulance Service Trust, including ambulance, air ambulance and dispatch control for patients that have been serious harmed or died in road traffic collisions.

The SWAST data is currently only those patients attended by air ambulances governed by SWAST. These are:
  • Cornwall Air Ambulance
  • Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
  • Great Western Air Ambulance
  • Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance

This data set is managed by PRANA.

Further Information

Data Contributor
South West Ambulance Service Trust
Geographic Coverage
Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall
Population Coverage
5.5 million
Years
2016 – 2025
Real-Time Data Available
Non Real-Time
Therapeutic Disease Area
Injuries and accidents
Data Modalities
Free text Structured coded data
Data Source Care Setting
Other
Reuse Capability
Yes – WSDE DAC Plus additional approval required
Research Uses
DSL – Data Sustains Life LPHD – Linking Police and Health Data on Road Collisions