[citation needed] By 2018, the GPET-Q engine was already seen as unfit for use and was beginning to be deprecated, favoring a much simpler system built in house at NHS Digital.
[citation needed] The data extracted from the GPES database will help medical research in the United Kingdom, and possible disease prevention at an individual level and at the public level—such as health campaigns.
[citation needed] The way that GPET-Q did this was queries being built around keys dates and medical Read codes to define the conditions that were being sought for a particular collection of data.
It is part of the GP Collections of NHS Digital, formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre or HSCIC.
[citation needed] Other similar UK databases include the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and The Health Improvement Network.