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Data Provider: Welsh Government Visits to the NHS Direct Wales online symptom checkers, by month (Archived - no longer updated)
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Allergy70426862508880117918097909991182
Breathing difficulties or wheezingFrom December 2019.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable2463212692,349
Chest pain or upper back painFrom December 2019.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable6741,0918913,479
Cold and flu1,1926643402591463071932757341,1181,4672,8111,8731,7116,368
Contraception382220181827314447544653525061
Coronavirus COVID-19From March 2020.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable384,398
Cough1,8461,5091,0438015259357077581,0901,5272,2334,5453,5093,76121,965
Dental278210245237224253223331321349359382416304730
Diarrhoea5755655174074559278038769548811,0491,2621,1221,1005,037
Ear problems3603263432252503432983964154334556515945081,036
Eye problems5314515014234077046716997027678738128348111,332
FallsFrom December 2019.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable117166103116
Female sexual healthOperational February to April 2016.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Flatulence10696118807616488149155197211160174110181
Generally unwell2,6232,7952,3801,9551,9793,2952,6783,2573,6353,8704,6205,4114,7654,59316,414
Hay fever7713404083101181244247203
Head injuryFrom December 2019.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable78131140129
Head lice8576610587810819411
Itching14614314911197234177246304224310291330261371
Low back pain9098408416466341,0346749281,0041,0571,1321,2421,7161,5023,075
Mole433434303841616359496043663854
Nail problem383643333044475753505466696487
Nosebleed4753404134494347395567677654132
Pregnancy198175187151140293283327327316353411456332451
Rash7226776957015851,0361,0171,1101,1291,1241,3841,6381,8521,7362,890
Rectal bleeding192164170127121188150183209218222228239189293
Stings2631581251705081,4841,4756041784835291833
Stomach pain1,7861,5181,4491,2481,1062,3312,1202,5282,7783,1743,6263,9004,1483,2315,903
Sunburn33511102742186325246
Throat problems7276826875965528497397048379691,1201,5941,5501,4858,670
Urinary problems391338365289285476423539589562677685778554690
Vaginal bleeding285266242172196317268311360401431403471376418
Vomiting4323933463112834773873884885057801,0158077002,055
Wounds (cuts)From February 2017586065716990701159186113108787087

Metadata

Title

Visits to the online symptom checkers, by month

Last update

8 July 2020 8 July 2020

Next update

Last in series - see https://gov.wales/nhs-direct-wales for more information

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

NHS Direct Wales

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Online symptom checkers are an interactive source developed by NHS Direct Wales following requests by users.

Data collection and calculation

The data is provided by the Health Informatics Department of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

Monthly from July 2014 until March 2020

Users, uses and context

This information is included in the statistical release - see weblink.

Keywords

NHS Direct; symptom checkers

Statistical quality

The data is sourced from an operational dataset provided by NHS Direct Wales. Routine consistency and sense checks are carried out.

Name

Hlth0904