Data Provision Notices (DPNs)

Cancer Pathways Analysis

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with cancer data from the Public Health England (PHE) controlled Cancer Registrations, Radiotherapy, Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy and Rapid Cancer Registrations data sets.

COVID Oximetry @home

Data Provision Notice to require submission to NHS Digital of data from providers participating in the COVID Oximetry @home programme, to support management information requirements and evaluation of the programme.

COVID-19 at-risk patients Data Provision Notices

Data provision notices for data collections to identify and understand information about patients in England with or at risk of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Situation Reports

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of activity data from NHS organisations to support planning and coordination of resources and services to support the COVID-19 response.

COVID-19 Unpaid Carers Data

Data Provision Notices to provide NHS Digital with information about unpaid carers from the Department for Work and Pensions and Local Authorities, to assist with the identification of those members of the public who may be eligible for priority COVID-19 vaccinations.

COVID-19 Vaccine Data

Data Provision Notice to allow NHS Digital to act as joint data controller, with NHS England, in respect of COVID-19 vaccination status and vaccination adverse reaction data, submitted through the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.

CPIS extract to 0-19 Services for Covid-19 child health safeguarding actions

Data Provision Notice for the collection of information from the Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) system extract to NHS England for Covid-19 child health safeguarding actions.

Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) Data

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with prescribing and medicines data from up to 64 NHS hospitals using the Cerner and WellSky EPMA systems, to support COVID-19 analysis, planning and research activity.

Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) Data - Scotland

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with prescribing and medicines data from NHS Health Boards in Scotland using WellSky HEPMA systems, to support COVID-19 analysis, planning and research activity.

GPES Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (COVID-19)

Data Provision Notice for the extraction of General Practice data to be shared in support of vital planning and research for COVID-19 purposes.

National Vascular Registry

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data, for COVID-19 purposes, from the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) relating to audit data collected by the Royal College of Surgeons through the National Vascular Registry (NVR).

NICOR Cardiac data collection Data Provision Notices

Data Provision Notices to provide NHS Digital with data from NICOR's National Cardiac Audit Programme to support the Secretary of State’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) Data Set

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) relating to the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme managed by King's College London on behalf of HQIP.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset 2020

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) data for the period 1 April 2020 – 30 September 2020

SGSS and CHESS data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from Public Health England relating to COVID-19 testing, surveillance and hospitalisation, from the SGSS and CHESS systems.

Shielded Patient List - Cancer and Rare Diseases Data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of cancer and rare diseases data from Public Health England to help improve the identification of patients who should be added to the Shielded Patient List

Adult Social Care Data Collections

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from councils with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to enable key aspects of the provision of adult social care to be assessed, at both national and local levels. 

Adult social care data Data Provision Notice

The Department of Health and Social Care has provided a Direction to NHS Digital to establish and operate a pilot system for the collection and analysis of client-level adult social care data from certain local authorities to support local health and care systems by providing a holistic view of how services are used.

Ambulance Clinical Outcomes (AmbCO) Data Provision Notice

Ambulance Clinical Outcomes (AmbCO) provides long term measures of Ambulance Service work based upon patient outcomes.

Ambulance Data Set Pilot (ADS) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from three ambulance services which have agreed to participate in a pilot of the proposed Ambulance Data Set.

Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS) Data Provision Notice

Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS) identify pressures in the urgent and emergency care system and provide early warning of areas where patient care may not meet requirements. Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS) together with the Ambulance Clinical Outcomes (AmbCO) forms the Ambulance Quality Indicators (AQI) monthly publication.

ADWT: Direct access audiology waiting times return Data Provision Notice

The monthly ADWT: Direct Access Audiology waiting times return is used to monitor waiting times for direct access audiology services.

Board Vacancies and Commercial Spend

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data about board level vacancies in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups.

Breast and cosmetic implant registry (NHS and private providers) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for breast and cosmetic implant registry (NHS providers) and breast and implant cosmetic registry (private providers).

Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry for Northern Ireland

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with data relating to breast implant procedures completed by both NHS and private healthcare providers in Northern Ireland, to include in the Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry.

Cancer Patient Tracking List (PTL)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all acute trusts providing elective cancer services so that conformance to the cancer 62-day standard can be monitored.

Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection of cancer waiting times.

GPES Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Audit

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of general practice data in connection with the national Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Audit (CVDPREVENT Audit).

Children and Young People with an eating disorder, Referral to Treatment Times (CYPED) Data Provision Notice

This collection measures the waiting time to start of treatment, and to count those still awaiting treatment for children and young people with an eating disorder.

Client-Level Adult Social Care Data (No. 2)

Data Provision Notice for submission of data from local authorities participating in a pilot of the collection of adult social care client-level data.

Commissioning data sets Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for Commissioning data sets (CDS), which support a range of payment, statistics and planning activities for the NHS.

Community Services Data Set Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from providers of publicly-funded community health services, in relation to person-centred information for people who are in contact with those services.

Critical care bed capacity and urgent operations cancelled MSITREPs Data Provision Notice

MSITREPs - critical care bed capacity and urgent operations cancelled, is an official statistics collection. It is the primary source of information for briefing on critical care bed availability and transfers, plus the number of urgent operations cancelled. The figures are published monthly with a statistics press notice.

Data Services for Commissioners Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the Data Services for Commissioners programme which provides anonymised patient-level data to commissioners for use in healthcare planning and payment within the NHS.

Dementia assessment and referral return Data Provision Notice

This data collection reports on the number and proportion of patients aged 75 and over admitted as an emergency for more than 72 hours in England who have been identified as potentially having dementia, having been appropriately assessed and referred on to specialist services.

Dementia Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection of aggregated numbers of patients in England with a record of dementia diagnosis on their clinical record for General Practices in England.

Diabetes transformation metrics CCG collection Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection of data to monitor the use of diabetes treatment and care transformation funds.

DM01: Monthly Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity Data Provision Notice

The monthly diagnostics waiting times and activity diagnostics collection is the primary source for diagnostics waiting times and activity for 15 key diagnostics tests. It is used to measure performance against the operational standard, that less than 1% of patients should wait 6 weeks or more for a diagnostics test.

Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP), referral to treatment times Data Provision Notice

The Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) collection is to report activity in order to measure waiting times to start of treatment, and to count those still awaiting treatment.

eMED3 (fit notes) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection of anonymised data on patients who have been issued with a fit note under the Fit for Work scheme.

Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS). ECDS allows NHS Digital to provide information to support the care provided in emergency departments by including the data items needed to understand capacity and demand and help improve patient care. 

Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) Data Provision Notice

The aim of the Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) is to provide accountability to Parliament, the Government, and the public on NHS estates expenditure. The NHS spends approximately £9 billion to provide, maintain and service the physical NHS estate which supports the delivery of healthcare.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) enhanced dataset Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection of data about patients with FGM being treated across the NHS.

Friends and family test accident and emergency Data Provision Notice

The Family and Friends Test (FFT) aims to help improve patient experience in line with the Government's vision set out in the White Paper 'Equity and Excellence'. "FFT provides a simple, headline metric which, when combined with follow-up questions, can be used to drive cultural change and continuous improvement.

Friends and family test ambulance Data Provision Notice

Providers of NHS funded ambulance and patient transport services have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the FFT available to their patients since 1 April 2015 and submit data to NHS England each month.

Friends and family test inpatient Data Provision Notice

Providers of NHS funded inpatient services have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the friends and family test available to their patients since 1 April 2015 and submit data each month.

Friends and family test community health Data Provision Notice

Community providers have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the friends and family test available to their patients since 1 January 2015 and submit data each month.

Friends and family test mental health Data Provision Notice

Mental health providers have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the friends and family test available to their patients since 1 January 2015 and submit data each month.

Friends and family test maternity Data Provision Notice

Providers of NHS funded maternity services have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the friends and family test available to their patients since 1 October 2013 and submit data each month.

Friends and family test outpatient Data Provision Notice

Providers of NHS funded outpatient services have been required to make the opportunity to provide feedback through the friends and family test available to their patients since 1 April 2015 and submit data each month.

Friends and Family Test (FFT) staff non matrix Data Provision Notice

The staff friends and family test was introduced in April 2014 to allow staff feedback on NHS services based on recent experience.

General Practice and Primary Care Network Workforce

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of primary care workforce data from General Practices and Primary Care Networks.

General practice appointments data collection Data Provision Notice

NHS Digital has been directed by NHS England to collect information about GP appointments in general practice

General Practice Data for Planning and Research

Data Provision Notice to underpin the extraction of general practice data, for health and social care purposes including planning, policy development, public health, commissioning and research.

General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS) Data Provision Notice

The purpose of this data collection is to improve the process for inviting patients to attend an eye screening appointment. This requirement is being implemented by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) on behalf of Public Health England (PHE).

GP workload tool Data Provision Notice

Read the Data Provision Notice for the GP workload tool. This includes the purpose, the benefits, the legal basis and the scope of the collection. It also contains background information.

GPES Physical Health Checks for people with Severe Mental Illness

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of general practice data to allow monitoring of progress towards commitments to increase the number of people with Severe Mental Illness receiving physical health checks.

GPES: Learning Disabilities Data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of general practice data to support the production of a range of primary care indicators covering the quality of care for people with learning disabilities

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set Version 2.0

Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data to fulfil the requirements of the national Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set

Individual GP level data Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for individual GP level data.

Integrated Urgent Care Minimum Data Set (IUCMDS) Data Provision Notice

This data collection is a development collection, and is likely to form part of the NHS England NHS 111 / Integrated Urgent Care monthly publication in the future.

Junior doctors (rota notification for junior doctors in training) Data Provision Notice

This collection aims to collect information about when junior doctors in training receive notification of their rotas. NHS Improvement will use this data to work in collaboration with trusts to identify and resolve any problems with the notification process. The data will be shared as appropriate with relevant organisations involved with this workforce issue.

KH03: quarterly bed availability and occupancy Data Provision Notice

The KH03 is a quarterly collection from all NHS organisations that operate beds, open overnight or day only.

Maternity Services Data Set Data Provision Notice

NHS Digital has been directed by NHS England under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS).

Medicines spend and use data discovery data collections Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for the collection and analysis of medicines data. Discovery work is required to collect and analyse data from NHS providers who have agreed to participate, to work towards an eventual common specification or standard, for data collection. 

Mental Health Services Data Set Version 4.1

Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data to fulfil the requirements of the national Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).

MAR: Monthly Activity Return Data Provision Notice

The monthly activity collection is is used to monitor changes in activity levels and to inform NHS planning.

Monthly delayed transfers of care Data Provision Notice

This data is collected to monitor and measure the number of delays in discharging patients from a hospital bed who are medically fit to be discharged.

MSA: Mixed Sex Accommodation Data Provision Notice

This collection enables patients and members of the public to understand where mixed sex accommodation is continuing at individual organisations.

MSitAE: Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances and emergency admissions Data Provision Notice

The collection is required to monitor and assess Accident and Emergency (A&E) performance as set in the NHS Mandate and NHS Constitution

The national audit of pulmonary hypertension Data Provision Notice

The national audit of pulmonary hypertension has been designed to deliver a reliable measurement system for pulmonary hypertension.

National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension for Scotland

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with data relating to pulmonary hypertension service activity undertaken in Scotland. This forms part of the National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension (NAPH) which operates across Great Britain. 

National Diabetes Audit (Core Audit)

Data Provision Notice to require submission of diabetes data from general practices and specialist diabetes out-patient services.

National diabetes footcare audit Data Provision Notice

The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA) is part of the National Diabetes Audit programme (NDA).

National diabetes inpatient audit (NaDIA) harms Data Provision Notice

Collects data on ailments that can affect patients with diabetes. This helps hospital services act to reduce further harm to patients.

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit

Data Provision Notice to request the submission of data from the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit, to allow the monitoring of the transition of young people to adult diabetes services. 

National pregnancy in diabetes audit Data Provision Notice

The national pregnancy in diabetes audit provides a picture of the care provided to women with diabetes before and during pregnancy and the resulting outcomes for women and babies.

National wheelchair data collection Data Provision Notice

This collection aims to provide a national view of the wheelchair service by collecting information on the volume, expenditure, access to, and patient experience about wheelchair services to enable transparency and benchmarking. It aims to embed a culture of performance improvement and enable benchmark comparison of provider services.

NHS 111 First Situation Report

Data Provision Notice to require submission to NHS Digital of data from NHS 111 providers in order to assess the effectiveness of the NHS 111 First service.

NHS 111 Pathways NHS number Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for NHS 111 Pathways NHS number.

NHS 111 Weekly situation report (NH111WSI2 DPN) Data Provision Notice

This data collection shows demand and supply pressure across NHS 111 and integrated urgent care, to give early warning of where patient access and care may not meet requirements

NHSBSA Medicines Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for NHSBSA Medicines Data, supporting the Medicines Data programme to provide good quality data about all prescriptions dispensed or supplied in the community.

NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funded care report Data Provision Notice

This data collection supports a number of frameworks and key work programmes, like the NHS Continuing Health Care (CHC) operating model and assurance framework, and the strategic improvement programme (which aims to achieve 0.8 billion efficiency savings in CHC by 2020).

NHSmail account registration data Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for NHSmail account registration.

NHS surplus land collection 2019 (accelerating the release of public sector land for development) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision notice for the NHS surplus land collection 2019.

Nurse Staffing Fill Rate (NStf_Fil) Data Provision Notice

This data collection aims to monitor, at a ward level, the extent to which rota hours are being filled by registered nurses and midwives and unregistered care staff; and to monitor for acute trusts the care hours per patient day. Its key purpose is to gain re-assurance that wards are being safely staffed.

Out of Area Placements (OAPs) v4 DPN (NHS and Private providers)

The Government set a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate OAPs in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care by 2020-21.

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Acute data collection

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) data collection required to be submitted by Acute Trusts.

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Ambulance Data Set

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) data collection required to be submitted by designated Ambulance providers. 

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Mental Health and IAPT Data Sets

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) data collection required to be submitted by designated Mental Health and IAPT providers.

Planning: CCG monthly activity and other requirements Data Provision Notice

This collection will collect and assure information about NHS plans and how organisations intend to deliver against national expectations and deliverables, set out each in the planning guidance.

Prevent Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice to show how NHS providers are delivering the Prevent duty. This data is collected from NHS trusts and foundation trusts in the Home Office priority areas.

Quarterly child immunisation v2 (ChildIM2) Data Provision Notice

The quarterly child immunisation v2 (ChildIM2)collection is an interim collection until the Children and Young People's Health Services (CYPHS) data set (being renamed the Community Services Data Set, CSDS) is able to report on childhood immunisations.

Quarterly cancelled elective operations Data Provision Notice

This data collection monitors the number of last minute cancellations of elective operations for non-clinical reasons.

Reference costs collection Data Provision Notice

The reference costs collection collects costs from all NHS providers, the data collected is the average unit cost of providing a service.

Referral to Treatment (RTT): 18 Weeks RTT waiting times Data Provision Notice

The monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT): 18 Weeks RTT waiting times collection is used to measure performance against the operational standard, that more than 92% of patients on incomplete RTT pathways should not have been waiting more than 18 weeks from referral.

Safeguarding Review Case Tracker

Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in respect of a new data collection which will enable the comprehensive case tracking of Serious Incidents that have resulted from safeguarding failures.

Sepsis CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) Data Provision Notice

This data collection aims to monitor the assessment of the level sepsis screening and rapid application of antibiotics; including commissioners and provider organisations and for assessing whether trusts are meeting the CQUIN target levels.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data (SRHAD) Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice to support the Government's sexual health strategy objective to reduce unintended pregnancies. Monitoring of activity at Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) level enables commissioners to understand which of their population groups are accessing sexual and reproductive health services and the services they are receiving. 

Surgical Devices and Implants Data Collection

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with data to support the initial discovery and piloting of the national reporting of surgical devices and implants in health care settings. 

National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP) theatre data set discovery Data Provision Notice

A Data Provision Notice for the collection of data to inform the theatre data set discovery work being undertaken across a number of secondary care providers (discovery sites), including NCIP pilot sites, as part of the National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP).

Transformation indicator return Data Provision Notice

This data collection aims to support the NHS England learning disability programme.

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment Data Provision Notice

This data collection aims to to review the numbers and proportion of adult hospital admissions aged 18 and over who are being risk assessed for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) to allow for the administering of appropriate prophylaxis based on national guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Data Provision Notice

The Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) data collection presents findings from the collection for the nine WRES indicators covering staff experience, by NHS trust and region.

GP appointments data collection in support of winter pressures version 2: categorisation