Exceptions Reporting data collection

The Resident Doctors: Rota Code of Practice Compliance data collection was piloted in August and rolled out nationally in October. The purpose of the Exceptions Reporting data collection is to supplement the Resident Doctors: Rota Code of Practice Compliance data collection by collecting data on the Guardian of safe working hours’ (GOSWH) reports to their trust board, as required by the Terms and Conditions of Service for NHS Doctors and Dentists in Training. This is to ensure prompt resolution and/or remedial action, to make sure safe working hours are maintained, secure patient safety, and safeguard the delivery of agreed educational opportunities.

Data is collected via the Data Collections Framework (DCF) submission platform.

Data is collected on a quarterly basis as per the following:

Registered data providers will have access to the exact reporting dates in the Data Collections Framework, in addition to access to the data submission form.

NHS trusts

NHS England has been authorised by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to collect data relating to the Compliance of Employers with the Resident Doctor Rota Code of Practice.  The legal bases for this collection can be found in the following Acts:

National Health Service Act 2006: Section 2A - Secretary of State's duty as to protection of public health Section 1A - Duty as to improvement in quality of services (a) the effectiveness of the services

Care Act 2014: Section 98 (1): [NHS England] must exercise its functions with a view to ensuring that a sufficient number of persons with the skills and training to work as health care workers for the purposes of the health service is available to do so throughout England.

Care Act 2014: Section 97 (1): [NHS England] must perform on behalf of the Secretary of State the duty under section 1F(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (planning and delivery of education and training), so far as that duty applies to the functions of the Secretary of State under:

1. Section 63(1) and (5) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (instruction for officers of hospital authorities for example).
2. Section 258(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (university clinical teaching and research).
3. Such other of the enactments listed in section 1F(3) of that Act as regulations may specify.