The GPRD is the world's largest computerised database of anonymised longitudinal medical records from primary care that is linked with other healthcare data. Currently data are being collected on about 5 million active patients of research standard. These are from around 639 primary care practices throughout the UK. It is the largest and most comprehensive source of data of its kind and is used worldwide for research by the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research organisations, regulators, government departments and leading academic institutions.

The GPRD Division provides data, research and other services as well as tools to support medical and public health research in a variety of areas including:

• clinical research planning
• drug utilisation
• studies of treatment patterns
• clinical epidemiology
• drug safety
• health outcomes
• pharmacoeconomics
• health service planning

through secure, global access via the internet or via datasets on CD-ROM. This makes GPRD the GOLD Standard of research databases.

Linked GPRD is only available through the GPRD Division of the MHRA in London, and is the ONLY source of regularly updated, validated GPRD data.

Please click here for GPRD Practice & Patient Populations facts and figures.

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• Academic Research