Community Services Data Set (CSDS) v1.5

Community Services Data Set (CSDS) v1.5 is an uplift to the established CSDS v1.0 and is required to keep the data set relevant with current clinical practices, maintain compliance with national data standards, meet policy requirements and allow further submission of data for patients of all ages.

There are a number of small structural changes in this release, but their introduction will have a minimal burden on the care provider or system supplier organisations.

You can learn read about the full list of changes to the dataset by reading the DCB 1069 community services data set information standards.

Enhanced Technical Output Specification (TOS) v1.5.25 published 5 August 2021

The Enhanced Technical Output Specification (ETOS) splits the data set into a number of groups, with each table containing data items and values.

Validations and derivations that will be applied to the data, on submission to the submission portal are also listed.

The aligned Post Deadline Extract Schema is available on the TRUD webpages.

Data model v1.5 published 27 September 2019

The data model shows how the different groups of data within the data set are linked, using primary and foreign keys to join the records.

Please note, you might wish to zoom the PDF to a higher size to view the model in detail.

User guidance published 26 January 2021

The user guidance [Archive Content] is about what data should be included and how to map to and submit each individual data items.

How to submit data via SDCS Cloud

The submission platform for the CSDS is the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS Cloud).

Learn more how to submit data to the SDCS Cloud.

Submission Tools

The CSDS is submitted to NHS Digital using an XML file that is compliant with the CSDS v1.5.1 XML Schema. The XML schema has been developed along with an CSDS Intermediate Database (IDB) tool that can be used as an alternative to the XML schema to enable providers to load or copy their data into the provided table structure for submission to the CSDS. To access the CSDS v1.5 XML Schema or IDB you will need to register and create an account through the link on the TRUD homepage.

Community Services Data Set XML Schema Version 1.5.1

The Community Services Data Set XML Schema Version 1.5.1 is available on the TRUD website from the NHS Data Model and Dictionary XML Schemas categories on the left of the page.

Optional Intermediate Database (IDB)

The Community Services Data Set (CSDS) intermediate database tool for CSDS v1.5 is now available on the TRUD website and can be downloaded by clicking on the Data Set Development Services tools link on the left of the page.

The intermediate database for CSDS v1.5 is a Microsoft access database and must be provided in this format. Guidance on using the IDB for submissions is available.

Last edited: 17 November 2022 10:37 am