A Data Management and Integration Centre (DMIC) is an ORGANISATION.This item has been retired from the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.

Data Management and Integration Centres collate commissioning intelligence pertaining to a number of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and provide this to other elements of the health service infrastructure including other Commissioning Support Units (CSU).The last live version of this item is available in the November 2015 release of the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.

The structure of Data Management and Integration Centres is varied; some are hosted by a subset of the Commissioning Support Units, others are stand-alone ORGANISATIONS.Access to this version can be obtained by emailing information.standards@hscic.gov.uk with "NHS Data Model and Dictionary - Archive Request" in the email subject line.

The Data Services for Commissioners (DSfC) is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.The Data Services for Commissioners (DSfC) is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre under direction from NHS England.

The Data Services for Commissioners is delivered by staff seconded into the Health and Social Care Information Centre from Commissioning Support Units. The seconded staff are based in Data Services for Commissioners Regional Offices.

The Data Services for Commissioners:

• processes data to support local commissioning whilst protecting PATIENT confidentiality
• processes data to support local commissioning whilst protecting confidentiality
• receive and process personal confidential data (PCD) on behalf of Commissioning Support Units, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS England Regions (Geography) and Public Health ORGANISATIONS.

For further information on the Data Services for Commissioners, see the Health and Social Care Information Centre website at: Data Services for Commissioners.

A Data Services for Commissioners Regional Office (DSCRO) is an ORGANISATION.A Data Services for Commissioners Regional Office (DSCRO) is an ORGANISATION within the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

A Data Services for Commissioners Regional Office is a local office of the Data Services for Commissioners.

For further information on the Data Services for Commissioners Regional Offices, see the Health and Social Care Information Centre website at: Data Services for Commissioners.

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 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

Also:

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).