Datasets

  • Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set

    The primary purpose of the Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set (PCCMDS) is to allow the operation of the National Tariff Payment System (NTPS) within paediatric critical care. It provides a record of what happens to a patient when they receive care in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) or other critical care setting suitable for children.

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  • National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set

    The National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set collects data which is used to monitor NHS providers’ compliance with the government’s operational standards for ensuring that cancer services are delivered to patients in a timely manner.

    Published Standard

  • Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections

    This information standard supports the national surveillance programme managed by Public Health England in respect of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI).

    Published Standard

  • GUMCAD STI Surveillance System

    Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCAD) is the mandatory surveillance system for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England.

    Published Standard

  • Diagnostic Imaging Data Set

    The Diagnostic Imaging Data set (DID) is a central collection of detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, to be extracted and submitted monthly.

    Published Standard

  • National Joint Registry Data Set

    The National Joint Registry (NJR) data set for joint replacement surgery and joint replacement implants provides activity and outcome data about the orthopaedic sector.

    Published Standard

  • Assuring Transformation

    This data collection informs NHS England's monitoring of the progress in moving people with learning disabilities from inpatient to community settings.

    Published Standard

  • Neonatal Critical Care Minimum Data Set

    The primary purpose of the NCCMDS is to allow the operation of the National Tariff Payment System (NTPS) within neonatal critical care.

    Published Standard

  • Surgical Devices and Implants Core Data Set

    The Surgical Devices and Implants Core Data Set (SDICDS) enables the national reporting of activity relating to surgical devices and implants in health care settings.

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  • Patient-Level Information and Costing Systems - Integrated Data Set

    Part of a set of two information standards for patient-level costing, to provide a consistent approach to reporting cost information at patient level.

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  • Patient-Level Information and Costing Systems - Ambulance Data Set

    Part of a set of two information standards for patient-level costing, to provide a consistent approach to reporting cost information at patient level.

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  • Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set

    The national standard for reporting cancer in the NHS in England.

    Published Standard

  • Chlamydia Testing Activity Data Set

    This data set aims to enable comprehensive collection of robust data from laboratories on all chlamydia testing carried out in England, in order to estimate population screening coverage rates at local level.

    Published Standard

  • Commissioning Data Sets

    Commissioning Data Sets are patient level data sets intended to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent and comparable person-based information on hospital activity to support a variety of secondary use purposes.

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  • Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Data Set

    The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Data Set requires organisations to record, collect and return detailed information about FGM within the patient population, as treated by the NHS in England.

    Published Standard

  • HIV and AIDS Reporting System

    The HIV and AIDS Reporting System is a data set that underpins national HIV surveillance.

    Published Standard

  • Personal Demographics Service - SMSP API standards

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to patients' personal information, such as name, address, date of birth, related people, registered GP and NHS number, using our Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) API standards.

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  • Child Protection - Information Sharing - SMSP API standards

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to child protection information from Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) for an unscheduled care provider using our SMSP API standards.

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  • Patient Level Contract Monitoring

    The Patient Level Contract Monitoring (PLCM) information standard enables the interchange of monthly patient level contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare in a uniform format. This will ensure that contract monitoring and reporting is consistent, comparable and fit for purpose across all commissioning organisations and their footprints.

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  • Aggregate Contract Monitoring

    The Aggregate Contract Monitoring (ACM) information standard enables the interchange of monthly aggregate contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare in a uniform format. This will ensure that contract monitoring and reporting is consistent, comparable and fit for purpose across all commissioning organisations and their footprints.

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  • Transfer of Care - Acute Inpatient Discharge Standard

    An information standard to establish consistency in the creation and issue of transfer of care acute inpatient discharge documents from acute trusts to GP Practice systems

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  • Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

    The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set collects information about adults in contact with psychological therapy services.

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  • Radiotherapy Data Set

    Providers of NHS-funded radiotherapy services are required to submit a monthly return on their delivery of radiotherapy treatments.

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  • Neonatal Data Set

    The Neonatal Data Set is the authoritative source of national information relating to neonatal patient demographics, clinical interventions, diagnoses and outcomes.

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  • Maternity Services Data Set

    The Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) is the national information standard for data relating to NHS-funded maternity services.

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  • Devices Patient Level Contract Monitoring

    The Devices Patient Level Contract Monitoring (DePLCM) information standard enables the interchange of monthly patient level device contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare in a uniform format. This will ensure that device contract monitoring and reporting is consistent, comparable and fit for purpose across all commissioning organisations and their footprints.

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  • Data Security and Protection Toolkit

    The Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit is an online tool that enables relevant organisations to measure their performance against the data security and information governance requirements mandated by the Department of Health and Social Care, notably the 10 data security standards set by the National Data Guardian.

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  • Mental Health Services Data Set

    The Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) is a national data set, covering mental health and learning disabilities.

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  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set

    The Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data set captures activity data relating to the treatment of cancer with medicines.

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  • Digital Maternity Technical Standard

    Exchange details of people accessing maternity services - such as their GP and details of any examinations carried out - between IT systems. This will provide the standardised interoperability functionality to support DCB3066.

    Future Standard

  • Ambulance Data Set

    Current pilot to collect data on ambulance responses to 999/111 calls to meet national reporting requirements. This applies to third parties such as St John’s Ambulance.

    Future Standard

  • GP Connect - Update Record

    Implement enhanced GP Connect features to send fully structured data back to GP practices. This will support use cases such as online consultations and patient registrations.

    Future Standard

  • Nursing Documentation Standard Data Standard

    Will support sharing of relevant fundamentals of care information (based on standardised terminology) to ensure it can be meaningfully understood by all those involved in care delivery.

    Future Standard

  • Personalised Care and Support Plan - FHIR Profile

    The messaging standard to support the sharing of care plans across all health and care settings. Linked to DAPB4022.

    Future Standard

  • Shared Decision Making

    Record how decisions about assessments, treatment and care should be made between individual patients and their care professionals.

    Future Standard

  • Palliative and End of Life Care

    Update to SCCI1580: Record details of people receiving palliative care including preferred place of death and any decision to refuse treatment.

    Future Standard

  • Medical Devices Data Set

    Creation of a new national data set and information standard for activity relating to surgical devices and implants.

    Future Standard

  • Workforce Interoperability Technical Standard

    Technical interface standards for interoperability between Workforce systems.

    Future Standard

  • Workforce Interoperability Data Standard

    A workforce information model and schemas for data flows to support staff movements, enabling staff to move easily between employers and settings.

    Future Standard

  • GP Connect - Single Access Record Viewing Standard

    A proposal to make implementation of the Access Record Structured API - which allows IT systems to retrieve information from GP records - a requirement for accessing this data.

    Future Standard

  • Nursing Documentation Technical Standard

    Information on the fundamental aspects of care need to be available at the point of care wherever the person is. It is intended to share information about care via multi-directional transfer of care messages across Secondary, Community and Nursing Home settings.

    Future Standard

  • Nursing Documentation Standard Care Record

    Interoperable Nursing Standard. Focus is on the core functional needs of a person. This information is collected at the point of care and informs care delivery.

    Future Standard

  • Digital Social Care Records

    Record details of people being supported by adult social care services including care plans and key workers.

    Future Standard

  • Shared Care Record - Ambulance Sector View

    Development of a shared care record with the relevant patient information needed to support clinical pathways from a paramedic perspective.

    Future Standard

  • Eye Electronic Referral System

    Exchange data needed to refer someone from a high street optometrist to a hospital or other eye care provider that accepts electronic referrals.

    Future Standard

  • Diabetes Information Record Standard

    Record and exchange details of people being treated for diabetes such as their treatment plan and changes to it over tim

    Future Standard

  • Diabetes Self-Reported Data Standard

    Support people and carers self-managing a diabetes condition to record and exchange information with healthcare professionals. This might be via a medical device or app.

    Future Standard

  • Shared Care Record Interoperability Standard

    The standard should build on the PRSB Core info standard and set out how ShCR systems and record information is set-up and should ease integration projects where a clinical system supplier would wish to integrate with a ShCR.

    Future Standard

  • Transfer of Care - Ambulance

    Record and exchange clinical data from an ambulance to a hospital to support someone’s ongoing care.

    Future Standard

  • Computer Aided Dispatch

    Transfer emergency call information gathered in trusts to pass directly to another ambulance service. Different to Computer Aided Dispatch requirements of the ambulance data set which are used for retrospective reporting.

    Future Standard