Responsible Agencies

Organisation Data Service:

The Organisation Data Service is responsible for allocating administrative codes to a wide range of ORGANISATIONS in England and Wales, including but not limited to:

• Care Trusts (CTs)
• Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
• Independent Providers (IPs)
• NHS Trusts
• Pathology Laboratories
• Special Health Authorities (SpHAs).

Several other UK agencies are responsible for issuing or publishing codes (to NHS standards) for the following healthcare ORGANISATIONS and CARE PROFESSIONALS and for maintaining their details.

• NHS Prescription Services:
  • GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS in England, Wales, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
  • GP Practices in England, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
  • Pharmacy and appliance dispensers in England, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
• NHS Dental Services:
  • GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS in England, Wales and Isle of Man
  • General Dental Practices in England, Wales and Isle of Man
• NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS):
  • The Prescription Pricing Unit maintain GP Practice details by way of receiving notification from the Business Service Centre of a new GP Practice and then generating an internal code and passing on to the NHS Prescription Services for allocation of the W (Welsh) GP Practice
• NHS in Scotland:
  • All healthcare ORGANISATIONS and practitioners in Scotland
• Department of Health, Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), Northern Ireland:
  • All healthcare ORGANISATIONS and practitioners in Northern Ireland
• Office for National Statistics (ONS):
  • Responsible for the formal definition of key health geographies in the UK, in terms of their component postcodes.

Administrative codes are used for:

• the identification of information returned to the Department of Health;
• the identification of the ORGANISATIONS involved in the electronic exchange of information within the NHS;
• the identification of the parties involved in the commissioning and administration of an episode of care.

Where a valid ORGANISATION CODE is required for a message but is not available or not known for some reason, an Organisation Data Service Default Code can be used to provide a substitute value: These codes are maintained by the Organisation Data Service.

The current coding standards were introduced in 1996 by the Organisation Codes Service (OCS), now the Organisation Data Service. Subsequent revisions to the structure and format of ORGANISATION CODES have given these codes a consistent and stable format. This both reflects the organisational changes in the NHS and protects the codes against future changes to the structure of the NHS.

These details are made available in the Organisation Data Service data set, issued quarterly to NHS users via the online distribution service, Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service pages on the NHSnet.These details are made available in the Organisation Data Service data set, issued quarterly to NHS users via the online distribution service, Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service website.

For the Organisation Data Service contact details, see Contact Details.

For contact details for ORGANISATIONS responsible for issuing or publishing codes, see the Organisation Data Service website.

For codes and format see:

ORGANISATION CODE
ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT CODE
ORGANISATION SITE CODE
CONSULTANT CODE
DOCTOR INDEX NUMBER
GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODE
GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER
GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONER CODE
PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODE

• NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

  NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service
  Princes Exchange
  Princes Square
  Leeds
  LS1 4HY

  Website: NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service website

Email: information.standards@hscic.gov.uk

• Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care:

Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care
Princes Exchange 
Princes Square
Leeds
LS1 4HY

Website: Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care website

Email: information.standards@nhs.net

• Department of Health

Website:  Department of Health website

Queries:  Contact Us Details

• Health and Social Care Information Centre

Website: Health and Social Care Information Centre website

Queries:  Contact Us

Email: enquiries@hscic.gov.uk

• Hospital Episode Statistics (HES):

Website: HES online

Queries: HES queries

• Clinical Coding general enquiries:

  International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS-4)
  Read Coded Clinical Terms
  Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®)

Website: NHS Classifications Service website

E-mail: information.standards@hscic.gov.uk

• Organisation Data Service Queries:

Organisation Data Service
Hexagon House
Pynes Hill
Rydon Lane
Exeter
Devon EX2 5SE

Website:

Organisation Data Service information is published:

• on the Organisation Data Service website
• to named recipients both inside the NHS and to others licensed to use this data in support of the NHS, through the online Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• as a subset of the data on the NHS Choices website.

Email: exeter.helpdesk@hscic.gov.uk

Telephone: 01392 251 289

• Postcodes:

Office for National Statistics

Website: Office for National Statistics website

Email: info@statistics.gov.ukWebsite links:

• Office for National Statistics
• National Statistics Postcode Products.

Telephone: 0845 601 3034Email: ons.geography@ons.gov.uk

Fax: 01633 652747

National Health Service Postcode Directory (NHSPD) Website: National Statistics Postcode Products.

A Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) is a GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

Lower Layer Super Output Areas are a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics in England and Wales.

There is a Lower Layer Super Output Area for each POSTCODE in England and Wales. A pseudo code is available for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

The Organisation Data Service publish files created on their behalf by the Office for National Statistics, which link POSTCODES to the Lower Layer Super Output Area.

See the Organisation Data Service website at Contact Details for the NHS Postcode Directory Gridlink ® Record Specification and data file.See the Organisation Data Service website for the NHS Postcode Directory Gridlink ® Record Specification and data file.

For further information on Lower Layer Super Output Areas, see the Office for National Statistics website.

Mental Health Leave Of Absence is a type of LEAVE.A Mental Health Leave of Absence is a type of LEAVE.

Mental Health Leave Of Absence only applies to PATIENTS liable to be detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995.A Mental Health Leave of Absence only applies to PATIENTS liable to be detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995.

The granting of Mental Health Leave Of Absence within a Mental Health Care Spell can only be authorised by the Mental Health Responsible Clinician for the PATIENT.The granting of a Mental Health Leave of Absence within a Mental Health Care Spell can only be authorised by the Mental Health Responsible Clinician for the PATIENT. The granted period of absence from hospital may be indefinite, a specified occasion or for any specified period and be escorted or unescorted. Where leave is granted for a specified period, that period may be extended by further leave granted in absence of the PATIENT. If the period of leave is extended, the current Mental Health Leave Of Absence will be ended, and a new one started. If the period of leave is extended, the current Mental Health Leave of Absence will be ended, and a new one started.

A Mental Health Leave Of Absence for a period up to a maximum of 28 days from the Start Date, will not interrupt the Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider), Care Home Stay (Consultant Care), Care Home Stay (Nursing Care) or Care Home Stay (Residential). A Mental Health Leave Of Absence for a period greater than 28 days from the start date, will entail the PATIENT being discharged from the current Hospital Provider Spell or Care Home Stay (Nursing Care), or their Care Home Stay (Residential) being ended.A Mental Health Leave of Absence for a period up to a maximum of 28 days from the Start Date, will not interrupt the Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider), Care Home Stay (Consultant Care), Care Home Stay (Nursing Care) or Care Home Stay (Residential). A Mental Health Leave of Absence for a period greater than 28 days from the start date, will entail the PATIENT being discharged from the current Hospital Provider Spell or Care Home Stay (Nursing Care), or their Care Home Stay (Residential) being ended.

During the Mental Health Leave Of Absence, the Mental Health Responsible Clinician continues to be responsible for the organisation and management of the PATIENT's continuing health and social care needs.During the Mental Health Leave of Absence, the Mental Health Responsible Clinician continues to be responsible for the organisation and management of the PATIENT's continuing health and social care needs.

If a PATIENT does not return by midnight on the day specified, then the Mental Health Leave Of Absence will be ended and a period of Mental Health Absence Without Leave started.If a PATIENT does not return by midnight on the day specified, then the Mental Health Leave of Absence will be ended and a period of Mental Health Absence Without Leave started.

The Mental Health Responsible Clinician should consider Supervised Community Treatment for a PATIENT before granting Mental Health Leave Of Absence for any period exceeding seven consecutive days.The Mental Health Responsible Clinician should consider Supervised Community Treatment for a PATIENT before granting Mental Health Leave of Absence for any period exceeding seven consecutive days.

Information recorded for each separate period of Mental Health Leave Of Absence including an overnight stay includes:Information recorded for each separate period of Mental Health Leave of Absence including an overnight stay includes:

Files Available

• Metadata files are used by the NHS to validate data. The files facilitate data consistency and quality. The files are:
  • Diagnosis (International Classification of Diseases (ICD))
  • OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS-4)
  • NHS Postcode Directory
  • Frozen Postcode Directory
  • Country Pseudo Postcodes

• Format of Metadata Files

  The following pages give the record layouts and data content for the Operation and Country Pseudo Postcode metadata files.

  Country Pseudo Postcode File Data Content

• This file contains about 130 records. The usual country of residence for short term Overseas Visitors is derived from the country pseudo postcode. The codes are  available in electronic format on the NHS Postcode Directory ("Gridlink version").

• The expanded area code field contains the country of birth code in characters 1-4 (a repeat of the characters 3-6 in the pseudo postcode). The remainder of the expanded area code is blank except for codes 993C (UK nos) and 993V (no fixed abode) where characters 5-7 are 9space9.

  COUNTRY PSEUDO FILE RECORD LAYOUT

  Start Pos	Size	Data Type	Field Description
  1	11	X	selection indicators
  12	6	X	6 digit postcode (POSTSIX)
  18	1	A	7th digit
  19	6	X	filler
  25	50	X	name of country
  75	5	X	filler
  80	19	X	area details
  99	154	X	filler

A Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) is a GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

Middle Layer Super Output Areas are a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics in England and Wales.

The Organisation Data Service publish files created on their behalf by the Office for National Statistics, which link POSTCODES to the Middle Layer Super Output Area.

See the Organisation Data Service website at Contact Details for the NHS Postcode Directory Gridlink ® Record Specification and data file.See the Organisation Data Service website for the NHS Postcode Directory Gridlink ® Record Specification and data file. 

For further information on Middle Layer Super Output Areas, see the Office for National Statistics website.

A Newborn Hearing Screening is a Clinical Investigation.

Newborn Hearing Screening is a Clinical Investigation. A Newborn Hearing Screening is recommended to be undertaken on all newborn babies, using appropriate electro-acoustic or electro-physiological tests to detect moderate, severe or profound permanent childhood deafness.A Newborn Hearing Screening is recommended to be undertaken on all newborn babies, using appropriate electro-acoustic or electro-physiological tests to detect moderate, severe or profound permanent childhood deafness.

The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) ensures all parents are offered hearing screening for their new child within the first few weeks of life. It is a core service within the NHS in England and part of the family of Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes.

For further information on Newborn Hearing Screening, see the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme website.

Note: if the child fails the Newborn Hearing Screening, a REFERRAL REQUEST for audiology testing is made.

Background 

• The NHS Postcode Directory is maintained, on behalf of the Department of Health, by the Office for National Statistics. It contains a record for every POSTCODE in the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and associates each POSTCODE with a variety of geographic information, including grid references, Primary Care Trusts and Care Trusts (England), Local Health Boards (Wales), Community Health Partnerships (Scotland) and Strategic Health Authority codes. The file also includes pseudo POSTCODES covering defaults and overseas countries.

• The full and reduced versions of the NHS Postcode Directory are issued every quarter by the Organisation Data Service. Named recipients both inside the NHS and other recipients licensed to use this data in support of the NHS are able to access it through the online distribution service, Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service pages on NHSnet; see Contact Details.

• The full and reduced versions of the NHS Postcode Directory are issued every quarter by the Organisation Data Service. Named recipients both inside the NHS and other recipients licensed to use this data in support of the NHS are able to access it through the online distribution service, Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service pages on NHSnet; see Contact Details.

• A full description of the NHS Postcode Directory and the Organisation Data Service reduced POSTCODE data files, can be found at ODS Postcode Files.

The same descriptions can also be accessed via the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD).

• The Office for National Statistics will supply, on request and at a cost, copies of the NHS Postcode Directory, on different media, in different formats and for selected extracts. Contact the Office for National Statistics for details and charges; see Contact Details. Contact the Office for National Statistics for details and charges; see Contact Details.

Postcodes

• All POSTCODES made available via the Organisation Data Service postcode files have been standardised to the eight character postcode format as used by the Royal Mail's Postal Address File (PAF). All NHS ORGANISATIONS should ensure that they conform to the POSTCODE format.

  POSTCODES are of the general format:

Character Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Format	a	a/n	a/n	a/n	space	n	a	a
Coding Frame	Outward Code				space	Inward Code

• The coding frame allows the use of digits 0 (zero) to 9 and the use of upper-case alpha characters; no special characters are allowed.
  
• The fifth character of all standard format POSTCODES is always a space, and separates the outward and inward parts of the POSTCODE. The outward part of the POSTCODE is left-justified and can contain 2, 3 or 4 characters, and is space-filled in character positions 3 and 4 where required. The inward part of the POSTCODE is always 3 characters.

  The following table gives examples of typical POSTCODES:

  Character Position								Allocated by	Notes
  1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
  W	9				3	X	X	Royal Mail
  D	A	1			5	P	L	Royal Mail
  M	K	4	5		1	T	E	Royal Mail
  Z	Z	9	9		4	L	Z	ODS	POSTCODES for PATIENTS who are Overseas Visitors
  Z	Z	9	9		3	W	Z	ODS	Pseudo POSTCODES

Related Products

• The Office for National Statistics produce a version of the NHS Postcode Directory that is based on a stable area base to facilitate time series analysis - the 1991-based Frozen Postcode Directory. This is available from the Office for National Statistics.

• The Organisation Data Service issues the two supporting publications which are updated for and included with each quarterly publication of the postcode directories. This ensures that any new customers receive the necessary information. The "NHSPD User Guide" contains a description of the NHS Postcode Directory and its content along with information about the methodologies used, data quality and limitations. The "NHS PD Version Notes" contains a range of summary statistics and highlights important issues that may affect customers. Electronic copies are provided through the online distribution service Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service pages on NHSnet each quarter, see Contact Details.

  Changes

• The Organisation Data Service issues the two supporting publications which are updated for and included with each quarterly publication of the postcode directories. This ensures that any new customers receive the necessary information. The "NHSPD User Guide" contains a description of the NHS Postcode Directory and its content along with information about the methodologies used, data quality and limitations. The "NHS PD Version Notes" contains a range of summary statistics and highlights important issues that may affect customers. Electronic copies are provided through the online distribution service Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and through the Organisation Data Service pages on NHSnet each quarter, see Contact Details.

  Changes

• Requests and suggestions for improvements to the NHS Postcode Directory or queries relating to its use should be directed to the Organisation Data Service, who are taking the lead on this product on behalf of the NHS; see Contact Details.Requests and suggestions for improvements to the NHS Postcode Directory or queries relating to its use should be directed to the Organisation Data Service, who are taking the lead on this product on behalf of the NHS; see Contact Details.

The Organisation Data Service (ODS) is an ORGANISATION.The Organisation Data Service (ODS) is an ORGANISATION.

The Organisation Data Service is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).The Organisation Data Service is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). It is responsible for the publication of all ORGANISATION and practitioner codes and for the national policy and standards with regard to the majority of ORGANISATION CODES.

These code standards form part of the NHS data standards. The Health and Social Care Information Centre is also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Organisation Data Service and for its overall development.These code standards form part of the NHS data standards. The Health and Social Care Information Centre is also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Organisation Data Service and for its overall development.

The Organisation Data Service is supported by a number of agencies throughout the UK; for instance, the NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Prescription Services and the NHS Dental Services.The Organisation Data Service is supported by a number of agencies throughout the UK; for instance, the NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Prescription Services and the NHS Dental Services.

The Organisation Data Service is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of ORGANISATION and practitioner information on to the ORGANISATION and PERSON nodes of the Spine Directory Service (SDS), the central repository of data for use within the various systems and services.The Organisation Data Service is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of ORGANISATION and practitioner information on to the ORGANISATION and PERSON nodes of the Spine Directory Service (SDS), the central repository of data for use within the various systems and services.

The products the Organisation Data Service maintain includes:The products the Organisation Data Service maintain includes:

• the authoritative national lists for a wide range of NHS ORGANISATIONS and medical practitioners of interest to the NHS;
• the allocation of the NHS standard identification codes for these ORGANISATIONS and practitioners;
• a change history record for these ORGANISATIONS and certain of these practitioners;
• additional reference data about each of the ORGANISATIONS and practitioners;
• details of the relationships between these ORGANISATIONS and practitioners;
• details of the GEOGRAPHIC AREAS covered by some of these ORGANISATIONS, defined in terms of POSTCODES;
• all ORGANISATION and Health CARE PROFESSIONAL codes on the Spine Directory Service.

The Organisation Data Service distributes:

• Organisation Codes Data:

A set of files mostly in standard formats, holding national reference data of ORGANISATIONS, practitioners and POSTCODES for use in NHS administrative functions: especially in processing central returns, PATIENT administration, commissioning and message handling. These are published:

These are published:

• on the Organisation Data Service website
• to named recipients both inside the NHS and to others licensed to use this data in support of the NHS, through the online Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• as a subset of the data on the NHS Choices website.

• The ODS Access Database:
• The ODS Access Database:

A Microsoft Access database containing frequently used data and a number of pre-defined enquiries. The database is available for download from the NHSnet and from Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and is updated monthly.

The database is available for download from the Organisation Data Service pages on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website and from Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) and is updated monthly.

• The ODS Newsletter:

A document distributed with each quarterly data issue through both the NHSnet pages and the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD), describing developments and issues related to the Organisation Data Service.A document distributed with each quarterly data issue through both the Organisation Data Service pages on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website and the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD), describing developments and issues related to the Organisation Data Service.

• The NHS Safe Haven Directory:

A directory distributed with each monthly data issue through both the NHSnet pages and the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD), that lists all the Safe Haven contacts and addresses set up to receive and hold confidential PATIENT data in the NHS, updated monthly.A directory distributed with each monthly data issue through both the Organisation Data Service pages on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website and the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD), that lists all the Safe Haven contacts and addresses set up to receive and hold confidential PATIENT data in the NHS, updated monthly.

• Postcode and related data supplied by the Office for National statistics:

The Office for National Statistics supplies files containing all POSTCODES in the UK with details of their GEOGRAPHIC AREA information, such as map reference, Local Authority and Higher-level Health Geography. The Organisation Data Service makes these files available on a quarterly basis from the NHSnet and Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD). The Organisation Data Service makes these files available on a quarterly basis from the Organisation Data Service pages on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website and Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD).

The Organisation Data Service provides:

• Central allocation of new or revised codes;
• Help, advice and query resolution on the content and use of the national reference data;
• Development of the NHS standards in this area;
• Further development of the range of national reference data.

For further information on the Organisation Data Service, see the Organisation Data Service website.For:

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• The Read Coded Clinical Terms are a comprehensive computerised coded thesaurus for use by clinicians. They are available in two main formats, known as Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3). They are designed for use in the electronic health care record. Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) of the Read Codes is a "Superset" of all the codes from the earlier versions.

• Read Coded Clinical Terms may be used for coding within local systems but are not acceptable directly for coding Hospital Episode Statistics which are extracted from the Admitted Patient Care Commissioning Data Sets. Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) of the Read Codes contain mapping tables which can be used to generate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes.

• For further information, see Contact Details.

The Read Coded Clinical Terms are a comprehensive computerised coded thesaurus for use by clinicians. They are available in two main formats, known as Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3). They are designed for use in the electronic health care record. Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) of the Read Codes is a "Superset" of all the codes from the earlier versions.

Read Coded Clinical Terms may be used for coding within local systems but are not acceptable directly for coding Hospital Episode Statistics which are extracted from the Admitted Patient Care Commissioning Data Sets. Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) of the Read Codes contain mapping tables which can be used to generate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes.

For further information on Read Coded Clinical Terms, see Read Codes.

Shared Clinic Consultant is a CARE PROFESSIONAL ROLE.A Shared Care Consultant is a CONSULTANT.

A CONSULTANT may participate in shared care for a given Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) associated with one PATIENT.A Shared Care Consultant is a CONSULTANT who may participate in shared care for a given Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) associated with one PATIENT. This information should be recorded for allocating costs and activity between two or more CONSULTANTS where care is shared.

Shared care may occur when two or more CONSULTANTS participate equally in the continuing care of a PATIENT during an episode. This specifically excludes CONSULTANTS acting only in an advisory capacity.

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• CR1377 (Immediate) - ISB 0105 Retirement of Accident and Emergency Quarterly Monitoring Data Set (QMAE)

Release: May 2013

• CR1363 (Immediate) - ISB 1067 Amd 43/2012 National Workforce Data Set Version 2.6
• CR1382 (Immediate) - DDCN 1382/2013 National Renal Data Set amendment
• CR1381 (Immediate) - DDCN 1381/2013 Healthcare Resource Groups
• CR1235 (1 June 2013) - ISB 1588 Amd 11/2012 Accident and Emergency Clinical Quality Indicators

Release: April 2013

• CR1372 (Immediate) - DDCN 1372/2013 Organisation Update: April 2013
• CR1369 (Immediate) - DDCN 1369/2013 Organisation Codes and Organisation Types
• CR1347 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1521 Amd 40/2012 Updates to the Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set and XML Schema

Release: March 2013

• CR1364 (Immediate) - DDCN 1364/2013 Operating Theatre
• CR1335 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1593 Amd 27/2012 Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Data Set
• CR1340 (1 April 2013) - ISB 0090 Amd 37/2012 Organisation Data Service - Non-Legislative Organisations
• CR1321 (1 April 2013) - ISB 0011 Amd 25/2012 Mental Health Minimum Data Set version 4.1

Release: February 2013

• CR1336 (Immediate) - DDCN 1336/2013 XML Schema Constraint Pages
• CR1362 (Immediate) - DDCN 1362/2013 Update to Organisations in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary
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• CR1345 (Immediate) - DDCN 1345/2013 e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) and Government Data Standards Catalogue
• CR1354 (Immediate) - DDCN 1354/2013 Treatment Function Code - Well Babies

Release: December 2012

• CR1155 (Immediate) - ISB 1567 Amd 12/2011 National Joint Registry Data Set Version 5
• CR1324 (1 December 2012) - ISB 1067 Amd 23/2012 Workforce Data Set Version 2.5
• CR1196, CR1287 and CR1195 (1 January 2013) - ISB 1521 Amd 64/2010 Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set, Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set Message and Retirement of Cancer Registration Data Set and National Cancer Data Set

The following have been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2013:

• CR1337 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1072 Amd 30/2012 Update to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Secondary Uses Data Set

Release: November 2012

• CR1166, CR1167 and CR1306 (1 November 2012) - ISB 0092 Amd-16-2010 Commissioning Data Set Version 6-2, Commissioning Data Set XML Message Version 6-2 and Retirement of CDS 6-0
• CR1305 (1 April 2013) - ISB 0092 Amd 06/2011 Allied Health Professions Referral to Treatment (AHP RTT) Update - CDS 6-2
• CR1286 (1 November 2012) - ISB 0028 Amd 17/2012 Treatment Function Codes Update
• CR1343 (Immediate) - DDCN 1343/2012 Change of name for NHS Commissioning Board Authority
• CR1342 (Immediate) - DDCN 1342/2012 Overseas Visitors Update
• CR1341 (Immediate) - DDCN 1341/2012 Discharge Default Code Descriptions
• CR1323 (Immediate) - National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set Update for "Delay Reason To Treatment For Cancer"

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The following have been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2013:

• CR1231 and CR1288 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1570 Amd 164/2010 HIV and AIDS Reporting Data Set and HIV and AIDS Related Data Set Message

Release: September 2012

• CR1103 (Immediate) - ISB 0066 Amd 43/2010 Renal Data Set - Data Item Addition, Changes and Deletions
• CR1334 (Immediate) - DDCN 1334/2012 Psychology Definitions
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Release: August 2012

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Release: June 2012

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• CR1282 (29 June 2012) - ISB 0090 Amd 36/2011 Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) Codes extended for ISHPs and Sites
• CR1258 (1 July 2012) - ISB 0147 Amd 23/2011 Changes to the National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set

Release: May 2012

• CR1215 (1 June 2012) - ISB 1067 Amd 30/2011 National Workforce Data Set

  The following have been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2013:

• CR1028 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1069 Amd 14/2012 Children and Young People's Health Services Data Set
• CR1029 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1072 Amd 12/2012 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Data Set
• CR1104 (1 April 2013) - ISB 1513 Amd 13/2012 Maternity Secondary Uses Data Set

Release: March 2012

• CR1242 (Immediate) - DDCN 1242/2012 Retirement of Mental Health Minimum Data Set Version 3
• CR1238 and CR1276 (1 April 2012) - ISB 1577 Amd 10/2011 Diagnostic Imaging Data Set and Diagnostic Imaging Data Set Message v 1-0
• CR1290 (Immediate) - DDCN 1290/2012 Data Set Notation
• CR1263 (Immediate) - ISB 0090 Amd 5/2012 Health and Social Care Bill Changes
• CR1255 (31 March 2012) - ISB 1576 Amd 08/2011 Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy Data Set
• CR1295 (Immediate) - Retirement of old Commissioning Data Set messages
  The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care have been involved in the redesign and retirement of the old Commissioning Data Set Pages, however a formal Information Standards Notice (ISN) will not be published as there are no changes to data standards.

Release: January 2012

• CR1285 (Immediate) - DDCN 1285/2012 Elective Admission Type
• CR1252 (Immediate) - DDCN 1252/2011 Geographic Area Changes

Release: November 2011

• CR1264 (Immediate) - ISB 1077 Amd 3/2012 Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) for Patient Identification Data Set
• CR1274 (Immediate) - DDCN 1274/2011 CDS Prime Recipient Identity Update

  The following have been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2012:

• CR1265 (1 April 2012) - ISB 1520 Amd 29/2011 Changes to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

Release: October 2011

• CR1271 (Immediate) - DDCN 1271/2011 Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid Update
• CR1268 (Immediate) - DDCN 1268/2011 Sexual Orientation Code

• The following has been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2012:

• CR1158 and CR1260 (1 April 2012) - ISB 1533 Amd 63/2010 Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set Message Schema

  The following have been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 July 2012:

• CR1270 (1 July 2012) - ISB 1080 Amd 25/2011 Amendments to NHS Health Check Data Set
• CR1250 (1 July 2012) - ISB 1080 Amd 25/2011 NHS Health Checks Data Set Message Schema Version 2.0.0

Release: August 2011

• CR1232 (Immediate) - ISB 0034 Amd 26/2006 Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) - NHS Data Model and Dictionary Overview
• CR1222 (1 April 2012) - ISB 0021 Amd 86/2010 Introduction of the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision 4th Edition
• CR1190 (1 September 2011) - ISB 1538 Amd 131/2010 Chlamydia Testing Activity Data Set
• CR1188 (Immediate) - Amd 85/2010 Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Data Set (GUMCAD) Extension to include Enhanced Sexual Health Services (ESHS)

The following data set is initially being introduced for local use only. A future Information Standards Notice will be published to notify providers and system suppliers of the requirement to flow the data set nationally:

• CR1105 (1 April 2012) - ISB 1510 Amd 25/2010 Community Information Data Set

Release: July 2011

• CR1249 (Immediate) - DDCN 1249/2011 General Pharmaceutical Council Registration Changes

The following has been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 July 2012:

• CR1148 (1 July 2012) - ISB 1080 Amd 129/2010 NHS Health Checks Data Set

Release: June 2011

• CR1256 (Immediate) - DDCN 1256/2011 School Definitions
• CR1117 (26 August 2011) - ISB 0090 Amd 94/2010 Organisation Data Service Identification Codes for Local Authorities in England and Wales
• CR1251 (Immediate) - DDCN 1251/2011 Change to the Format/Length of Weekly Hours Worked
• CR1243 (Immediate) - DDCN 1243/2011 National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure (NICIP) Code Set

Release: April 2011

• CR1154 (1 April 2011) - ISB 0011 Amd 87/2010 Mental Health Minimum Data Set Version 4.0
• CR1234 (Immediate) - DDCN 1234/2011 Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• CR1168 (Immediate) - ISB 0097 Amd 140/2010 Genitourinary Medicine Access Monthly Monitoring Data Set Amendments - Removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus data

The following has been incorporated early to allow users to see the changes, but please note that the implementation date is 1 April 2012:

• CR1050 (1 April 2012) - ISB 1520 Amd 51/2010 Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

Release: March 2011

Information Standards Notices and Data Dictionary Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1224 (1 April 2011) - ISB 0092 Amd 02/20110 Commissioning Data Set Schema Version 6-1-1
• CR1223 (Immediate) - DDCN 1223/2011 Updates to Family Planning References
• CR1225 (Immediate) - DDCN 1225/2011 Practitioners with Special Interests
• CR1216 (1 April 2011) - ISB 0028 Amd 170/2010 Changes to Treatment Function Codes
• CR1203 (1 April 2011) - ISB 0084 Amd 150/2010 Introduction of OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures Version 4.6

Release: January 2011

• CR1116 (1 April 2010) - ISB 0003 Amd 79/2010 Immunisation Programmes Activity Data Set (KC50)
• CR1112 (1 April 2010) - ISB 1511 Amd 26/2010 NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
• CR1068 (Immediate) - ISB 0133 Amd 161/2010 Change To Central Return: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme - Vaccine Monitoring Minimum Data Set
• CR1211 (Immediate) - DDCN 1211/2010 Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid / Organisation Code (Code of Commissioner) Update

Release: December 2010

Information Standards Notices and Data Dictionary Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1175 (1 April 2011) - ISB 1518 Amd 166/2010 Changes to Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set
• CR1198 (Immediate) - ISB 1067 Amd 165/2010 National Workforce Data Set
• CR1207 (01 December 2010) - ISB 1573 Amd 168/2010 Mixed-Sex Accommodation
• CR1149 (01 January 2011) - ISB 0139 Amd 99/2010 GUMCAD: Change to Genitourinary (GU) Episode Types

Release: November 2010

Information Standards Notices and Data Dictionary Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1119 (Immediate) - DDCN 1119/2010 Organisation Codes Update 
• CR1192 (Immediate) - DDCN 1192/2010 Change of name for "Health Solution Wales"
• CR1199 (Immediate) - DDCN 1199/2010 General Pharmaceutical Council and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Update
• CR1189 (Immediate) - DDCN 1189/2010 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
• CR1187 (Immediate) - DDCN 1187/2010 Introduction of the Department for Education

Release: September 2010

Information Standards Notices and Data Dictionary Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1128 (Immediate) - DDCN 1128/2010 Changes to reporting procedures for Overseas Visitors from the European Economic Area and Switzerland
• CR1173 (Immediate) - DDCN 1173/2010 Care Quality Commission Update
• CR1143 (Immediate) - DDCN 1143/2010 General Pharmaceutical Council
• CR1061 (1 October 2010) - ISB 0092/2010 CDS Type 20: Out-patient: Retirement of Default Codes for Out-patient Procedures
• CR1133 (Immediate) - ISB 00289/2010 National Specialty List

Release: August 2010

• The August 2010 Release introduces the NHS Data Model and Dictionary Help Pages.

Release: July 2010

Information Standards Notices and Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1134 (Immediate - ISB 1067/2010 Amd 109/2010 National Workforce Data Set
• CR1082 (Immediate) - ISB 0153/2010 Critical Care Minimum Data Set
• CR1121 (Immediate) - DSCN 17/2010 Retirement of Data Standard KC60 Central Return

Release: May 2010

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR957 (Immediate) - DSCN 19/2010 Central Returns: KA34 Ambulance Services
• CR1069 (Immediate) - Redesign of the Commissioning Data Set Pages
  The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care have been involved in the redesign of the Commissioning Data Set Pages and are satisfied that it meets the requirements of the service, however a formal Information Standards Notice (ISN) will not be published as there are no changes to data standards.

Release: March 2010

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1123 (1 April 2010) - DSCN 18/2010 Information Standards Notice (ISN)
• CR1139 (Immediate) - DSCN 16/2010 Person Weight
• CR1130 (Immediate) - DSCN 15/2010 Change of name for "The NHS Information Centre for health and social care"
• CR1013 (April 2010) - DSCN 14/2010 Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD)
• CR1125 (Immediate) - DSCN 13/2010 NHS Data Model and Dictionary Maintenance Update - Policy Definitions
• CR1122 (Immediate) - DSCN 11/2010 Changes to Family Planning References

Release: January 2010

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1115 (Immediate) - DSCN 10/2010 Data Standards: Updating of e-Government Interoperability Framework and Government Data Standards Catalogue References

Release: December 2009

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1100 (Immediate) - DSCN 25/2009 NHS Prescription Services Update
• CR1045 (1 December 2009) - DSCN 17/2009 Referral to Treatment Clock Stop Administrative Event
• CR1003 (1 December 2009) - DSCN 16/2009 Commissioning Data Sets: Mandation of 18 Week Referral To Treatment Data Items

Release: November 2009

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1113 (Immediate) - DSCN 24/2009 Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care Update
• CR1087 (Immediate) - DSCN 23/2009 Health Professions Council Update
• CR1081 (Immediate) - DSCN 22/2009 Data Standards: NHS Data Model and Dictionary Maintenance Update
• CR1019 (27 November 2009) - DSCN 21/2009 Data Standards: Organisation Data Service (ODS) - Optical Sites and Optical Headquarters
• CR1034 (27 November 2009) - DSCN 20/2009 Data Standards: Organisation Data Service (ODS) - Care Homes in England and Wales and their Headquarters

Release: September 2009

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1065 (1 October 2009) - DSCN 15/2009 Data Standards: Organisation Data Service, Local Health Boards

Release: June 2009

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1014 (1 June 2009) - DSCN 13/2009 Religious and Other Belief System Affiliation
• CR1074 (Immediate) - DSCN 12/2009 Data Standards: Care Quality Commission
• CR1056 (Immediate) - DSCN 11/2009 Data Standards: NHS Data Model and Dictionary Maintenance Update
• CR1072 (1 December 2009) - DSCN 10/2009 Data Standards: National Radiotherapy Data Set
• CR1073 (Immediate) - DSCN 09/2009 Central Returns: Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity Data Set
• CR1066 (Immediate) - DSCN 08/2009 Data Standards: NHS Prescription Services and NHS Dental Services
• CR1047 (1 April 2011) - DSCN 07/2009 Data Standards: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Dataset v3.6 
• CR1059 (Immediate) - DSCN 06/2009 Data Standard: National Workforce Data Set v2.1
• CR914 (April 2008 (Retrospective)) - DSCN 05/2009 NHS Stop Smoking Services Quarterly Monitoring Return
• CR899 (Immediate) - DSCN 02/2009 NHS Data Model and Dictionary Maintenance Update

Release: March 2009

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1001 (1 April 2009) - DSCN 03/2009 Introduction of Commissioning Data Set Schema Version 6-1 (2008-04-01) and update to Commissioning Data Set Schema Version 6-0 (2008-01-14)
• CR976 (31 March 2009) - DSCN 26/2008 Subject: KP90 - Admissions, Changes in Status and Detentions under the Mental Health Act
• CR1017 (1 April 2009) - DSCN 25/2008 Critical Care Minimum Data Set
• CR1002 (1 April 2009) - DSCN 24/2008 Data Standards: Introduction of Commissioning Dataset Version 6.1
• CR1016 (Immediate) - DSCN 23/2008 4 Byte Version of the Read Codes - Withdrawal

Release: December 2008

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1022 (1 January 2009) - DSCN 29/2008 Data Standards: 18 Weeks Referral to Treatment (RTT) Time, Performance Sharing
• CR901 (Immediate) - DSCN 28/2008 Removal of references to EDIFACT and the NHS Wide Clearing Service (NWCS) 
• CR843 (1 April 2009) - DSCN 22/2008 Data Standards: National Radiotherapy Data Set
• CR1011 (1 January 2009) - DSCN 20/2008 Data Standards: National Cancer Waiting Times Minimum Data Set 

Release: November 2008

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1026 (3 November 2008) - DSCN 21/2008 Information Standard: Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Category

Release: August 2008

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR1018 (Immediate) - DSCN 19/2008 Data Standards: Change of Name for National Administrative Code Services (NACS) to Organisation Data Service (ODS)
• CR956 (1 September 2008) - DSCN 18/2008 Central Return: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme, Vaccine Monitoring Minimum Dataset
• CR861 (Immediate) - DSCN 16/2008 Central Return:  Hospital and Community Services Complaints and General Practice (including Dental) Complaints - KO41(a) and KO 41(b)
• CR964 (Immediate) - DSCN 14/2008 Central Return: 18 Weeks ‘Adjusted’ Referral to Treatment (RTT) Dataset
• CR965 (Immediate) - DSCN 13/2008 Data Standards: Organisation Data Service (ODS) - Change to the Default Codes Set to Support Changes to GMS Contract
• CR879 (Immediate) - DSCN 12/2008 Data Standards: Quarterly Monitoring: Cancelled Operations Data Set (QMCO)

Release: May 2008

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR502 (Immediate) - DSCN 10/2008 Data Standards: National Workforce Data Definitions (v2.0)
• CR910 (1 April 2008) - DSCN 08/2008 Data Standards: National Direct Access Audiology Patient Tracking List (PTL) and Waiting Times (WT) data sets
• CR900 (Immediate) - DSCN 07/2008 Data Standards: Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set
• CR934 (1 April 2008) - DSCN 06/2008 Data Standards: Mental Health Minimum Data Set (version 3.0)
• CR935 (Immediate) - DSCN 05/2008 Data Standards: 18 Weeks Rules Suite
• CR925 (1 September 2008) - DSCN 04/2008 Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Data Set Change to an Information Standard
• CR942 (1 June 2008) - DSCN 03/2008 General Practice and General Medical Practitioner (GMP) - changes resulting from the introduction of the General Medical Services (GMS) Contract

Release: February 2008

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR812 (Immediate) - DSCN 01/2008 Central Return: Diagnostics Waiting Times Census Data Set
• CR881 (31 December 2007) - DSCN 42/2007 Central Return: Referral To Treatment Summary Patient Tracking List
• CR904 (Immediate) - DSCN 41/2007 Data Standards: Admission Intended Procedure Update
• CR824 (1 February 2008) - DSCN 39/2007 Data Standards: 48 Hour Genitourinary Medicine Access Monthly Monitoring (GUMAMM)

Release: November 2007

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR919 (Immediate) - DSCN 38/2007 Data Standards: Mental Health Minimum Data Set Schema
• CR814 (1 April 2008) - DSCN 37/2007 Data Standards: Introduction of Mental Health Minimum Data Set version 2.1
• CR930 (31 December 2007) - DSCN 35/2007 Data Standards: A correction to the version 6 Commissioning Data Set schema
• CR834 (Immediate) - DSCN 34/2007 Data Standards: Referral Request Received Date
• CR875 (Immediate) - DSCN 33/2007 Data Standards: National Administrative Codes Service: Introduction of codes for the new Pan SHAs
• CR880 (Immediate) - DSCN 29/2007 Data Standards: Amendments to Doctor Index Number (DIN) Description

Release: August 2007

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR845 (Immediate) - DSCN 28/2007 Data Standards: Treatment Function Code (Referral to Treatment Period)
• CR831 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 27/2007 Data Standards: Update to Commissioning Data Set XML Schema v5
• CR825 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 16/2007 Data Standards: Source of Referral for Outpatients (18 Weeks)

Release: June 2007

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR799 (31 December 2007) - DSCN 18/2007 Data Standards: Introduction of Commissioning Data Set Version 6
• CR833 (Immediate) - DSCN 17/2007 Data Standards: Introduction of Commissioning Data Set validation table
• CR801 (Immediate) - DSCN 15/2007 Data Standards: Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) Return

Release: May 2007

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR800 (31 December 2007) - DSCN 14/2007 Commissioning Data Set Schema Version 6-0
• CR856 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 13/2007 Data Standards: Discharge Ready Date
• CR869 (Immediate) - DSCN 12/2007 Data Standards: Update to Clinical Coding Introduction
• CR827 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 09/2007 Data Standards: Earliest Reasonable Offer Date
• CR817 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 08/2007 Data Standards: Introduction of Age into Commissioning Data Sets
• CR849 (May 2007) - DSCN 07/2007 National Administrative Codes Service: Introduction of new identification codes for Dental Consultants
• CR822 (Immediate) - DSCN 06/2007 Data Standards: Update to Organisation Codes
• CR850 (Immediate) - DSCN 05/2007 National Administrative Codes Service: Amendments to Default Codes
• CR786 (1 April 2007) - DSCN 04/2007 Quarterly Monitoring Accident and Emergency Services (QMAE) Central Return

Release: February 2007

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR811 (Immediate) - DSCN 03/2007 Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity
• CR826 (1 October 2007) - DSCN 02/2007 Extension of Treatment Function to Support the Measurement of 18 Week Referral to Treatment Periods
• CR813 (1 April 2007) - DSCN 01/2007 Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set
• CR768 (1 January 2007) - DSCN 18/2006 Changes to the NHS Data Dictionary to support the measurement of 18 week referral to treatment periods
• CR798 (6 November 2006) - DSCN 19/2006 Commissioning Data Set (CDS) Version 5 XML Message Schema
• CR776 (1 October 2006) - DSCN 05/2006 Data Standards: Accident and Emergency Enhancements to Investigation and Treatment Codes

Release: September 2006

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR795 (31 October 2006) - DSCN 22/2006 Organisation Codes / Organisation Site Codes
• CR792 (1 April 2007) - DSCN 15/2006 Neonatal Critical Care
• CR719 (1 April 2006) - DSCN 09/2006 Measuring and Recording of Waiting Times
• CR791 (1 April 2007) - DSCN 13/2006 Priority Type
• CR774 (1 September 2006) - DSCN 12/2006 Person Marital Status

Release: May 2006

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR764 (1 April 2006) - DSCN 08/2006 Diagnostics waiting times and activity
• Correction to menu structure to include Critical Care Minimum Data Set

Release: April 2006

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR608 (1 October 2006) - DSCN 07/2006 Introduction of Commissioning Data Set Version 5 and its associated XML schema into the NHS Data Dictionary.
• CR756 (1 September 2005) - DSCN 19/2005 PbR Commissioning for Out of Area Treatments (OATs) and Charge-Exempt Overseas Visitors
• CR724 (1 April 2006) - DSCN 13/2005 Critical Care Minimum Data Set
• CR754 (1 April 2006) - DSCN 17/2005 Treatment Function and Main Specialty Code Revisions
• CR763 (1 April 2006) - DSCN 20/2005 New Treatment Functions for therapy services and anticoagulant service
• CR767 (Immediate) - DSCN 02/2006 Referral Request Received Date
• CR690 (1 September 2005) - DSCN 16/2005 Marital Status

Release: August 2005

Data Set Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

• CR555 (1 April 2005) - DSCN 11/2005 Data Standards: COVER - Hepatitis B immunisation for babies
• CR715 (Immediate) - DSCN 10/2005 Data Standards: Treatment Function Codes - correction and clarification of names and descriptions
• CR706 (1 April 2005) - DSCN 09/2005 Data Standards: Cancer Registration Data Set
• CR691 (1 July 2005) - DSCN 06/2005 Data Standards: NSCAG Commissioner Code

For all Information Standards Notices and Data Set Change Notices, see the Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care Website.

An ORGANISATION CODE is a code which identifies an ORGANISATION uniquely.

ORGANISATION CODES are managed by:

• Organisation Data Service (ODS)
• NHS Prescription Services
• NHS Dental Services.

Notes:

• Organisation Data Service codes can be downloaded:
  • from the Organisation Data Service website and
  • via files issued by the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.

ORGANISATION CODING FRAMES

• All NHS ORGANISATIONS are coded using coding frames, as shown in the tables below:

A Frame:

Example
Non NHS Organisation (Independent Provider) e.g. 8HA03

• 8 = Organisation Type Identifier
• Remainder = Organisation Identifier

B Frame:

Example
Local Service Provider e.g. LSP01

• LSP = Organisation Type Identifier
• 01 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

C Frame:

Example
School e.g. EE134290

• EE = Organisation Type Identifier
• Remainder = Organisation Identifier

D Frame:

Example
Care Trust e.g. TAK

• T = Organisation Type Identifier
• AK = Organisation Identifier

Also:

E Frame:

Example
Government Office Region (GOR) e.g. K

• K = Organisation Identifier

F Frame:

Example
Pharmacy Headquarters e.g. P001

• P = Organisation Type Identifier
• 001 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

G Frame:

Example
GP Practices in England and Wales e.g. Y00001

• Y = Organisation Type Identifier
• 00001 = Practice Identifier

Also:

H Frame:

Example
Cancer Network e.g. N01

• N0 (where the 2nd character is numeric and not alpha) = Organisation Type Identifier
• 1 = Organisation Identifier

Also:

I Frame:

Example
Special Health Authority (SpHA) e.g. T1150

• T1 = Organisation Type Identifier
• 150 = Organisation Identifier

K Frame:

Example
NHS Wales Informatics Service e.g. W00

• W00 = Organisation Identifier

L Frame:

Example
Northern Ireland Local Commissioning Group e.g. ZC010

• Characters 1-3 (ZC0) AND character 5 (0) = Organisation Type Identifier
• Character 4 = Organisation Identifier

Note: this is a 5 character method of displaying Northern Ireland Local Commissioning Group identifiers.
Characters 3 and 5 are ‘fillers’. If a 3 character code is required (as used by the Office for National Statistics in the NHS Postcode Directory) zeros can be omitted, e.g. ZC1.
The 3 character method of displaying the Northern Ireland Local Commissioning Group identifiers fit under the H Frame.
Guidance on the use of Northern Ireland codes can be found in Data Set Change Notice 19/2009.

M Frame:

Example
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) e.g. 12A

• 12A = Organisation and Organisation Type Identifier

N Frame:

Example
GP Abeyance and Dispersal GP Practice e.g. G7817414

• G78 = Organisation Type Identifier
• 17414 = Organisation Identifier

The structure and format of ORGANISATION CODES maintained by the Organisation Data Service, NHS Prescription Services, NHS Dental Services and other agencies are detailed in the tables below.

ORGANISATION CODES TABLES

Table 1: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Notes:

• Codes for Executive Agency, Executive Agency Programme, Executive Agency Site and Executive Agency Programme Department do not easily fit into the coding frames as shown above and are therefore not included. This is due to their unusual structure in that there are more hierarchical 'tiers' than with other organisations.

Executive Agency and Executive Agency Programme are both considered Organisation level entities, although each Programme does have a relationship to an Executive Agency. Executive Agency codes are three characters long. Executive Agency Programme codes are six, and their first three characters are the same as the Executive Agency they are associated to.

Department codes of eight characters long can then be allocated underneath a Programme code (sharing the first six characters). Executive Agency Site codes of five characters long can be allocated under an Executive Agency code (and share the first three characters).

• A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity). This applies to all ORGANISATION CODES in the Coding Format Table above except Independent Sector Healthcare Providers (ISHP).

Table 2: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATIONS IN SCOTLAND

Scottish ORGANISATION CODES are supplied by the Information Standards Directorate (ISD) from NHS Scotland and published by the Organisation Data Service.

Table 3: CODING FORMATS for ORGANISATIONS in OTHER HOME COUNTRIES

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).

An ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT CODE is a code which identifies an ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT uniquely.

For NHS ORGANISATIONS it is a code that is managed by either the:

• Organisation Data Service (ODS)
• NHS Prescription Services

Notes:

• Organisation Data Service codes can be downloaded:
  • from the Organisation Data Service website and
  • via files issued by the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.

ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT CODING FRAMES

• All NHS ORGANISATION DEPARTMENTS are coded using coding frames, as shown in the tables below:

A Frame:

Example
Pathology Laboratory e.g. 69010

• 69 = Department Type Identifier
• 010 = Department Identifier

B Frame:

Example
Local Authority Department e.g. V002AC01

• V = Department Type Identifier
• 002AC01 = Department Identifier

C Frame:

Example
Isle of Man Government Department e.g. YJ1

• YJ = Department Type Identifier
• 1 = Department Identifier

The structure and format of ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT CODES maintained by the Organisation Data Service, NHS Prescription Services and other agencies are detailed in the tables below.

ORGANISATION CODES TABLES

Table 1: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION DEPARTMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Note: Codes for Executive Agency, Executive Agency Programme, Executive Agency Site and Executive Agency Programme Department do not easily fit into the coding frames as shown above and are therefore not included. This is due to their unusual structure in that there are more hierarchical 'tiers' than with other organisations.

Executive Agency and Executive Agency Programme are both considered Organisation level entities, although each Programme does have a relationship to an Executive Agency. Executive Agency codes are three characters long. Executive Agency Programme codes are six, and their first three characters are the same as the Executive Agency they are associated to.

Department codes of eight characters long can then be allocated underneath a Programme code (sharing the first six characters). Executive Agency Site codes of five characters long can be allocated under an Executive Agency code (and share the first three characters).

Table 2: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION SITES IN OTHER HOME COUNTRIES

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).

An ORGANISATION SITE CODE is a code which identifies an ORGANISATION SITE uniquely.

Note: Only ORGANISATION SITE CODES which have been notified to and issued by the Organisation Data Service may be used.

Notes:

• Organisation Data Service codes can be downloaded:
  • from the Organisation Data Service website and
  • via files issued by the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.
• Organisation Data Service contact details can be found at Contact Details.

ORGANISATION SITE CODING FRAMES

• All NHS ORGANISATION SITES are coded using coding frames, as shown in the tables below:

A Frame:

Example
Local Service Provider Site e.g. LSP0101

• LSP = Org Type Identifier
• 01 = Organisation Identifier
• 01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

B Frame:

Example
Care Trust Site e.g. TAK01

• T = Organisation Type Identifier
• AK = Organisation Identifier
• 01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

Also:

C Frame:

Example
Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) Site e.g. NV701

• NV = Organisation Site Type Identifier
• 7 = Organisation Identifier
• 01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

D Frame

Example
GP Practice Branch Surgery: e.g. H81010002

• H (and length of code) = Organisation Identifier
• 81010 = Organisation Identifier (parent GP Practice)
• 002 = Branch Surgery Identifier

E Frame

Example
Special Health Authority (SpHA) Site: e.g. T115A

• T1 = Organisation Type Identifier
• 15 = Organisation Identifier
• A = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

F Frame

Example
Commissioning Support Unit Site: e.g. 0AA01

• 0 = Organisation Type Identifier
• AA01 = Organisation Identifier

G Frame

Example
Local Authority Site: e.g. V001AA

• V = Organisation Type Identifier
• 001 = Organisation Identifier
• AA = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

Please Note: The Local Authority codes are not available for general use but must only be used to facilitate Spine Smartcard and Endpoint Registration.

I Frame

Example
Optical Site: e.g. TP01A

• TP = Organisation Type Identifier
• 01A = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

J Frame

Example
Care Home Site: e.g. VN01A

• VN = Organisation Type Identifier
• 01A = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

Also:

K Frame

Example
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Site e.g. 11AAA - 99YZZ

• 11A = Organisation and Organisation Type Identifier
• AA = Organisation Site Identifier

The structure and format of ORGANISATION SITE CODES maintained by the Organisation Data Service, NHS Prescription Services and other agencies are detailed in the tables below.

NHS ORGANISATION SITE CODES TABLES

Coding Formats

Table 1: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION SITES IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Note: Codes for Executive Agency, Executive Agency Programme, Executive Agency Site and Executive Agency Programme Department do not easily fit into the coding frames as shown above and are therefore not included. This is due to their unusual structure in that there are more hierarchical 'tiers' than with other organisations.

Executive Agency and Executive Agency Programme are both considered Organisation level entities, although each Programme does have a relationship to an Executive Agency. Executive Agency codes are three characters long. Executive Agency Programme codes are six, and their first three characters are the same as the Executive Agency they are associated to.

Department codes of eight characters long can then be allocated underneath a Programme code (sharing the first six characters). Executive Agency Site codes of five characters long can be allocated under an Executive Agency code (and share the first three characters).

Table 2: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION SITES IN OTHER HOME COUNTRIES

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).

This records the time the REFERRAL REQUEST was received.The time the REFERRAL REQUEST was received.

Midwife Episodes and Nursing Episodes may use any appropriate ACTIVITY TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE.

• The pseudo CONSULTANT MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of 950 'Nursing Episode' (for NURSES) must only be used for CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE, see MAIN SPECIALTY CODE.
• The MAIN SPECIALTY CODE 560 'Midwife Episode' can be used both as a MAIN SPECIALTY and a TREATMENT FUNCTION.

The default codes 199 and 499 are only applicable for overseas health care providers.

ACTIVITY TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE replaces TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE, and should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

It is the specialty in which the CONSULTANT is contracted or recognised.CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the specialty in which the CONSULTANT is contracted or recognised. MAIN SPECIALTY classifies clinical work divisions more precisely for a limited number of specialties.

All Non-Consultant Led Activity is identified by a pseudo CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of:

• 560 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Midwife Episode
• 950 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Nursing Episode 
• 960 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Allied Health Professional Episode.

The default codes 199 and 499 are only applicable for overseas providers.

CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE replaces MAIN SPECIALTY CODE and should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

For the purposes of the Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy Data Set (KH03), the applicable list of CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODES is available by emailing Unify@dh.gsi.gov.uk.

For the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set, this is the MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of the CONSULTANT who initiated the Chemotherapy.For the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set, CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (START SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER THERAPY) is the MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of the CONSULTANT who initiated the Chemotherapy.

Attribute:

Attribute:

Attribute:

Attribute:

The date the Diagnostic Imaging was performed.DIAGNOSTIC TEST DATE is the date the Diagnostic Imaging was performed.

Permitted National Codes:

MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) is the PATIENT DIAGNOSIS using the SNOMED® (systematised Nomenclature of Medicine) code for the CELL type of the malignant disease recorded as part of a Cancer Care Spell.MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) is the PATIENT DIAGNOSIS using the SNOMED® (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine) code for the CELL type of the malignant disease recorded as part of a Cancer Care Spell.

For the Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set, MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) can be recorded as well as or instead of MORPHOLOGY (ICD-O).

Attribute:

This corresponds to MEASURED OBSERVATION VALUE where the MEASURED PERSON OBSERVATION TYPE CODE is 'Weight' and the MEASUREMENT VALUE TYPE CODE is 'Kilograms'.PERSON WEIGHT corresponds to MEASURED OBSERVATION VALUE where the MEASURED PERSON OBSERVATION TYPE CODE is 'Weight' and the MEASUREMENT VALUE TYPE CODE is 'Kilograms'.

Notes:

• For the Commissioning Data Sets, the field must be padded to match the Format/Length pattern of n3.n3, for example 001.100 is a valid entry (1.1 is invalid)

• For neonatal critical care, this will be the last recorded Weight on a particular ACTIVITY DATE (CRITICAL CARE).

• For the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set, Weight is recorded at the start of the:
  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen and
  • Systemic Anti-Cancer Drug Cycle.

For further information on POSTCODES, see:

• NHS Postcode Directory
• Contact Details
• Contact Details
• Office for National Statistics website.

If a POSTCODE is not known (for example, the PATIENT has no fixed abode, the PATIENT is an Overseas Visitor etc.) the appropriate Organisation Data Service pseudo POSTCODE should be used. The pseudo POSTCODES can be found on the Organisation Data Service website at: Look Ups.

RADIOTHERAPY FIELD IDENTIFIER is a unique identifier for each Teletherapy Field.

Details of how this identifier is generated and used with the Radiotherapy Data Set  can be found at the CancerUK website at Radiotherapy Data Set Documentation.Details of how this identifier is generated and used within the Radiotherapy Data Set can be found at the CancerUK website at Radiotherapy Data Set Documentation.

Notes:
This is the PERSON SCORE for rating 13 of the Mental Health Clustering Tool Summary Assessment of Characteristics (SAC) items.

The rating relates to strong unreasonable beliefs occurring in non-psychotic disorders only.

Notes:
This is the PERSON SCORE for question A of the Mental Health Clustering Tool Summary Assessment of Characteristics (SAC) items.

The rating relates to agitated behaviour/expansive mood (historical).

Notes:
This is the PERSON SCORE for rating B of the Mental Health Clustering Tool Summary Assessment of Characteristics (SAC) items.

The rating relates to repeat self-harm (historical).

Notes:
This is the PERSON SCORE for rating C of the Mental Health Clustering Tool Summary Assessment of Characteristics (SAC) items.

The rating relates to safeguarding children and vulnerable dependent adults (historical).