Data Provision Notices (DPNs)

When we are directed or requested to establish information systems for the collection and analysis of information under sections 254 and 255 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, we issue a Data Provision Notice (DPN) to those organisations from whom we need to collect the required data.

A DPN is a formal notice we publish when we exercise our powers under sections 259(1)(a) and 259(1)(b) of the 2012 Act, which requires those health and social care bodies in England who are identified in the DPN to provide us with data we require. In some circumstances we may only request other bodies to provide the data, including health and care bodies in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The DPN will make clear whether an organisation is legally required to supply the data, or is being requested to do so only. In either case, when data is provided in response to a requirement or a request made under section 259, the data can be supplied without breaching the common law duty of confidentiality.

See below for our list of current DPNs.

Updates

1 February 2023: The statutory functions of NHS Digital transferred to NHS England under the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (Transfer Regulations) with effect from 1st February 2023 (Transfer Date).

Under the Transfer Regulations, all directions by either the Secretary of State or NHS England to NHS Digital are now regarded as if they were directions made by the Secretary of State to NHS England.

Where NHS Digital was required to or previously accepted a request under section 255 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (2012 Act) to establish and operate an information system, that request is regarded under the Transfer Regulations as a request made to and accepted by NHS England.

Under the Transfer Regulations, all Data Provision Notices previously issued by NHS Digital under section 259 of the 2012 Act are regarded as Data Provision Notices issued by NHS England. All Data Provision Notices continue in force and all data collections required under them continue in force unless and until any Data Provision Notice is amended or withdrawn. All Data Provision Notices issued by NHS England after the Transfer Date will continue to be published here.

30 June 2022: In accordance with the Health and Care Act 2022, as of 1 July 2022, CCGs are abolished and their statutory obligations will be managed by Integrated Care Boards. These obligations include the continuing requirement to submit data to NHS Digital as set out in a Data Provision Notice. This has been confirmed in communication with individual submitting organisations for relevant collections and the supporting Notices will be formally updated on the next version of each collection.

Overview

When we receive a Direction or Request to collect information, we issue a Data Provision Notice to the appropriate providers of the specified data. The Data Provision Notice provides details of the data collection including:

purpose
scope
form, manner and frequency
what we are allowed to do with the data (publish, disseminate for example).

A list of our current Data Provision Notices can be found below. Click on the link to find out more.

Further information

Read the Act, or the specific detail relating to Section 259.

If you would like to receive a weekly notification containing information about new, and withdrawn, Data Provision Notices, please email [email protected] with a "Subscribe DPN" request.

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A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions Monthly Situation Report

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of attendance and emergency admissions data from NHS trusts and independent sector organisations providing NHS-funded emergency care services.

Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt) Discovery

Data Provision Notice to request the submission of data from the PHIN in connection with the Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt).

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.

ADWT: Direct access audiology waiting times return

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all NHS trusts which provide NHS-funded direct access audiology services.

Alcohol Dependence Programme Patient Level Data Collection

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data relating to alcohol dependence treatment services provided by NHS secondary care providers.

Ambulance Clinical Outcomes (AmbCO)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NHS ambulance services to support aspects of the monitoring of patient outcomes.

Ambulance Data Set: Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of operational data from Ambulance Services, as the first part of the national implementation of an Ambulance Data Set.

Ambulance Data Set Pilot

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

Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NHS ambulance services to support aspects of performance monitoring.

Assuring Transformation

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all NHS commissioners of learning disability services so that progress towards community service provision, away from inpatient settings, is monitored.

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

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 and faster diagnosis standards can be centrally monitored.

Cancer Waiting Times

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NHS trusts and other providers of cancer care services in England.

Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Referral to Treatment Times

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from acute and mental health trusts providing treatment services for children and young people with an eating disorder.

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of adult social care client-level data from local authorities.

Commissioning Data Sets

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 to require the submission of data from providers of publicly-funded community health services, in relation to person-centred information for children and adults who are in contact with those services.

COVID-19: Collection of 12-15 year-old pupil data from the Department for Education: Spring 2022 refresh

Data Provision Notice to request the Department for Education to provide NHS Digital with information about pupils within the 12-15 year-old cohort to assist with monitoring and reporting on uptake of the vaccine by NHS England.

COVID-19 At Risk Patients

Data Provision Notices to require the submission of data to help identify patients who may be more at risk if they contract COVID-19, to cover general practice and the detained estate.

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS Digital with cancer data from a number of Public Health England (PHE) controlled cancer-related data sets..

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 and boosters.

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.

Data Services for Commissioners

Data Provision Notice to support the work of the Data Services for Commissioners programme which provides anonymised patient-level data for commissioners to use for planning and payment.

Diabetes Transformation Metrics CCG Data Collection

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.

eMED3 (fit notes)

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

Emergency Care Data Set

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all organisations providing publicly funded Urgent and Emergency Care Services.

Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission from all NHS trusts of their estates expenditure information.

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

Data Provision Notice to require the submission from a range of healthcare providers of data collated as part of this national feedback programme.

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 to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of general practice data to NHS Digital, for sharing with the national diabetic eye screening programme.

GP Appointments Data Collection, Version 2.0

Data Provision Notice to support the extraction from GP IT systems of transactional appointment and utilisation data from all general practices and Extended Access Providers in England.

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

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).

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.

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.

GP Patient Survey

Data Provision Notice to require NHS England to provide an extract of response data from the GP Patient Survey.

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.

ICNARC Case Mix Programme for Adult Critical Care

Data Provision Notice to request the submission of data from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) to support analysis, linkage and sharing of data in respect of COVID-19 outcomes and treatments, and COVID-19 medical research.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set

Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data to fulfil the requirements of the national Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set (version 2.1)

Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NHS 111 service providers, to enable the national monitoring of service performance.

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.

KO41a Hospital and Community Health Services Written Complaints

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all NHS trusts and Integrated Care Boards to enable the monitoring of patient written complaints.

KO41b Primary Care Complaints

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from GP Practices and Dental Practices to enable the monitoring of patient complaints.

Mandating mortality data updates onto the Personal Demographics Service

Data Provision Notice to mandate the updating of death notifications onto the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) within one working day.

Maternity Services Data Set

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data by all health organisations providing NHS-funded maternity services in England.

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

Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data to fulfil the requirements of version 5.0 of the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).

Monthly Referrals Return (MRR)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission from all NHS trusts and independent sector providers of referral data for first consultant-led outpatient appointments.

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.

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 Audit Programme - Wales

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from participating NHS organisations in Wales to help improve the quality of diabetes care.

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 Disease Registration Service

Data Provision Notice to facilitate the ongoing operation of the National Disease Registration Service following its transfer from Public Health England to NHS Digital on 1 October 2021.

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 to require the submission of data from providers of NHS-funded wheelchair services, to help improve the commissioning of wheelchair services and outcomes for wheelchair users.

NHS 111 Pathways NHS number Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for NHS 111 Pathways NHS number.

NHS 111 Patient Experience Survey

Data Provision Notice to require the six-monthly submission of data by NHS 111 service providers, obtained through ongoing surveys of patients of using the NHS 111 service.

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 and NHS-funded Nursing Care (CHC) Quarterly Return

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).

NHS Continuing Health Care Patient Level Data Set

Data Provision Notice to require the submission from relevant commissioning organisations of patient level data about NHS Continuing Health Care (CHC) activity.

NHSmail account registration data Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice for NHSmail account registration.

NHS Surplus Land data collection

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of surplus land data from NHS trusts.

NHS Wayfinder Services Data Provision Notice

Data Provision Notice to provide NHS England with data to develop and deliver a solution that enables people to access additional information from NHS Trusts about their elective care

NICOR Cardiac Data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NICOR's National Cardiac Audit Programme to support the Secretary of State’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from Integrated Care Systems to enable the national monitoring of non-emergency patient transport services, to develop consistent data about activity, performance and costs.

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.

Online and Video Consultation in General Practices

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from general practices in order to monitor the use of online consultations and video consultations beyond the national COVID-19 response.

OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Service

Data Provision Notice to enable the continuing operation of the OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Service, a secure analytics service for academics, analysts and data scientists to access general practice and NHS England pseudonymised patient data for COVID-19 purposes.

Out of Area Placements (NHS and Private Providers)

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from any NHS-funded mental health care provider in England which has to make an out of area placement for adult inpatient care.

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Ambulance Collection FY 2021/22 data

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) data collection required to be submitted by providers of ambulance services for the 2021-22 financial year.

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Early Implementers Collection for Community Health Services and for Acute Services for trusts not mandated for PLICS for FY 2020/21 data

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) data collection required to be submitted by specified early implementation providers of community services and specified providers (not already mandated) of acute services.

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Early Implementers Collection for Further Services for FY 2021/22 data

Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Integrated Collection FY 2021/22 data

Data Provision Notice for the Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) integrated data collection required to be submitted by specified providers of acute, mental health and IAPT services for the 2021-22 financial year.

Personal Health Budgets

Data Provision Notice to require the submission from all Clinical Commissioning Groups (and successor bodies) of data about the numbers of individuals with personal health budgets.

Planning: CCG Monthly Activity

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 Duty Data Return

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from NHS trusts to monitor their compliance with the Prevent Duty.

Primary Medical Care Commissioning Activity Report

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all Integrated Care Boards in respect of the procurement of primary medical services and the service availability of general practices.

Quarterly Monitoring of Cancelled Operations

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data about the number of last minute cancellations of elective operations.

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) which will enable the case tracking of Serious Incidents that have resulted from safeguarding failures.

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 SARI Watch data

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from the United Kingdom Health Security Agency relating to COVID-19 testing, surveillance and hospitalisation, from the SGSS and SARI Watch 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

Surgical Devices and Implants Data Collection

Data Provision Notice to underpin the submission of data by both NHS and independent sector providers in respect of the national reporting of surgical device and implants activity.

The COVID RT Study

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from those providers of NHS radiotherapy treatment services in England that have agreed to participate in the COVID RT Study. Data will be used to understand the impact of COVID-19 on both radiotherapy patients and radiotherapy service providers.

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.

Tobacco Dependence Programme Patient Level Data Collection

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data relating to tobacco dependence treatment services provided by NHS secondary care providers.

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).