Data Resource: the National Pupil Database (NPD).

Introduction: The National Pupil Database (NPD) is a record-level administrative data resource curated by the UK government's Department for Education that is used for funding purposes, school performance tables, policy making, and research.

Processes: Data are sourced from schools, exam awarding bodies, and local authorities who collect data on an on-going basis and submit to the Department for Education either termly or yearly.

Data Contents: NPD contains child-level and school-level data on all pupils in state schools in England (6.

Stratified, precision or personalised medicine? Cancer services in the 'real world' of a London hospital.

We conducted ethnographic research in collaboration with a large, research-intensive London breast cancer service in 2013-2014 so as to understand the practices and potential effects of stratified medicine. Stratified medicine is often seen as a synonym for both personalised and precision medicine but these three terms, we found, also related to distinct facets of treatment and care. Personalised medicine is the term adopted for the developing 2016 NHS England Strategy, in which breast cancer care is considered a prime example of improved biological precision and better patient outcomes.

Inequalities in the care experiences of patients with cancer: analysis of data from the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2011-2012.

Objectives: To explore inequalities in the care experiences of of patients with cancer by patient, clinical and trust-level factors [corrected].

Design: Secondary analysis of data from the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2011-2012.

Setting And Participants: Adult patients with a primary diagnosis of cancer who attended an acute or specialist National Health Service (NHS) trust in England.