In order to deliver its functions efficiently and effectively, and to support alignment across the whole system, the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) will work closely with its sponsors in the Department of Health (DH) and with DH Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) as follows:
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
HSCIC may be required by CQC to collect information where necessary to allow CQC to fulfil its statutory duties, subject to the constraints in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or made in regulations.
Health Education England (HEE)
The HSCIC will support HEE to provide oversight and leadership on workforce planning and commissioning, education and training through the collection, analysis and provision of workforce data.
Health Research Agency
HSCIC will work with HRA on issues to do with the collection, analysis, dissemination and publication of information for research.
Local authorities, social care employers
HSCIC will work with these organisations to help ensure that HSCIC's work reflects their needs and priorities.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
HSCIC will work with MHRA to help ensure that HSCIC's work reflects its needs and priorities.
Monitor
HSCIC may be required by Monitor to collect information where necessary to enable Monitor to fulfil its statutory duties, subject to the constraints of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or made in regulations.
NHS England
HSCIC may be directed by NHS England to collect information where necessary to fulfil its statutory duties, subject to the constraints in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or made in regulations. Details of the working arrangements with NHS England will be agreed and set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
NHS Trust Development Agency (NHS TDA)
HSCIC will work with the NHS TDA to help ensure that HSCIC's work reflects its needs and priorities.
NICE
HSCIC will develop indicators with NICE for the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCGOIS). NICE will be able to require the HSCIC to collect information where necessary to allow NICE to fulfil its statutory duties, subject to the constraints in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or made in regulations.
Public Health England (PHE)
The Secretary of State for Health will be able to direct the HSCIC to collect information on behalf of PHE (as an Executive Agency of DH). The HSCIC will remain the default collector of national data but where PHE collects data for public health purposes, it shall submit data in a form that allows linkage with other datasets. The HSCIC and PHE shall work together to implement a survey and data collection strategy to improve the value and quality of public health data sets, and develop tailored data sets for particular areas of interest in response to public health requirements.