Akrivia Health is one of the world’s largest and most in-depth datasets, comprised of anonymised longitudinal psychiatric data derived from the electronic health records (EHRs) of over 6 million patients in secondary mental health and dementia care across England and Wales. The data is regularly refreshed and harmonised across 20 NHS Healthcare Organisations providers. Akrivia Health was initiated in 2019, with patient records dating back to before 1990, including participants with psychiatric health record entries, likely over representing individuals with severe mental illness compared to the general population. The dataset contains structured data, such as patient demographics and service pathways, while research-relevant information is also extracted from free-text clinical notes using natural language processing (NLP).
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort - clinical, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
> 6,331,592 (participants as of January 2025)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Broadly representative of the adult secondary care psychiatric service user population in England.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2019 (Akrivia inception)
1990 (medical records)
Primary Institutions
Akrivia Health
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Innovate UK (UKRI)
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected


Engagement
Keywords