====== QCovid ====== {{ ::qcovid_logo_.png?200|}} **QCovid** was an online clinical assessment tool intended to determine an individual's risk of hospitalization or death from [[COVID-19]]. It was housed by [[Oxford Computer Consultants]], and used by [[NHS Digital]] to identify "high-risk groups" to be prioritized for [[COVID-19 vaccines|vaccination]].((//QCovidTM risk calculator.// QCovid. Retrieved May 14, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.05.14-075537/https://qcovid.org/)) The website is defunct as of May 20, 2023. ===== History ===== QCovid was commissioned in 2020 by the Chief Medical Officer for [[united_kingdom:England]] on behalf of the [[United Kingdom]] government. The website was decommissioned in mid-May 2023. ===== Personnel ===== ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | [[Julia Hippisley-Cox]] | Research team lead | [[University of Oxford]] | The team included researchers from: * [[Department of Health and Social Care]] * [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] * [[NHS Digital]] * [[NHS England and Improvement]] * [[NHSx]] * [[Queen Mary University of London]] * [[Queen's University Belfast]] * [[Swansea University]] * [[University College London]] * [[University of Edinburgh]] * [[University of Leicester]] * [[University of Liverpool]] * [[University of Nottingham]] ===== External links ===== * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230514075537/https://qcovid.org/|Website (archived)]]