Table 1: Research team’s time (to the nearest hour) to complete each step of successful data linkage, by Trust.
| Trust/Stage of data linkage process | 1. Senior Approval | 2. Data Availability | 3. Information Governance | 4. Data Transfer | 5. Linking | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 30 |
| Alpha | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Bravo | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Charlie | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 46 |
| Delta | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| Echo | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 43 |
| Foxtrot | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| Grand Total | 49 | 16 | 49 | 25 | 77 | 216 |
| Mean across the acute trusts | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| Median across the acute trusts | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 |