The NHS Information Standards Board has responsibility for assuring and signing off information standards for use in the national health service in England. The Board has had direct responsibility for the publication of approved information standards—Data Set Change Notices (DSCNs)—since October 2005. The accountability of the Board's chairman, Professor Martin Severs, is to the NHS chief executive.
A table of all DSCNs published since 1997 has been placed in the Library. The number of DSCNs published in each year is shown in the table.
Yearly totals 1997 47 1998 37 1999 36 2000 19 2001 45 2002 55 2003 37 2004 30 2005 19 2006 21 20071 12 Total 358 1 To date.
The available information is given in the following table.
Code (where available) Collection title Source Frequency SITREP Sitreps weekly and daily National health service trust (NHST) Daily counts and weekly summary Healthcare Commission Assessment of Existing Targets Primary care trust (PCT) Daily counts and weekly summary National Renal Dataset NHST Ongoing collection based on extraction from clinical records SABS Safety Alert Broadcast System NHST, strategic health authority (SHA) When a safety alert occurs HCAI Surveillance of healthcare associated infections NHST Ongoing online data entry National Joint Registry NHST As required following hip and knee operations Fire Incidents and Unwanted Fire Signal Data NHST When an incident occurs Non-medical Device Defects and Failures Reporting System NHST When a defect or failure occurs Adults and Older People: Mental Health Data Collections—Streamlining PCT Ongoing online data entry Weekly Access (inc PTLs) NHST Weekly MHMDS Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) NHST Quarterly National Cancer Dataset Waiting times subset NHST Quarterly LDPR-P and PDPR-C Local Delivery Plans Return NHST Quarterly NHS Stop Smoking Services Quarterly Monitoring Return PCT, SHA Quarterly Mandatory Enhanced Surveillance System (MESS) renal surveillance voluntary data NHST Quarterly KC65 Colposcopy clinics, referrals, treatments and outcomes NHST Quarterly Quarterly Inpatient waiting times return (Stock) (day case admissions) Commissioner and Provider NHST, PCT, SHA Quarterly Quarterly Outpatient waiting times return (Stock) Commissioner and Provider NHST, PCT, SHA Quarterly Quarterly In-patient waiting times return (Stock) (ordinary admissions)—Commissioner and Provider NHST Quarterly Quarterly Inpatient Activity (Flow)—Commissioner and Provider NHST, PCT, SHA Quarterly Quarterly Outpatient Flow return—Provider NHST Quarterly Monitoring Revisions to new GP Contract— FIMS(FHS)4 and PFR1A-D data collection from PCTs 2006-07 PCT Quarterly Radiotherapy Contract Data Set (RT CDS) NHST Quarterly FIS(FHS) 2 General Dental Services NHST, PCT, SHA Quarterly Integrated Drug Treatment System for prisons Clinical Activity NHST Quarterly Prison Healthcare Performance Monitoring: Star Ratings PCT Quarterly PCT06 PCT Capital Expenditure NHST, PCT, SHA Quarterly COVER Childhood Immunisation Data NHST, PCT Quarterly QMAE Quarterly Monitoring of Accident and Emergency NHST, PCT Quarterly Junior Doctors’ Hours NHST, PCT Biannual Monitoring PPF Cancer Targets (T10 and T1l) SHA Biannual National Programme for IT—Baseline NHS Tracker NHST, SHA Biannual NHS staff engagement and attitudes towards the NHS NHST Biannual KH03a Open and Staffed Adult Critical Care Beds NHST Biannual National Capabilities Survey NHST, PCT, SHA Biennial Earnings Survey PCT Biennial