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Changes to these data items in the national data set

A number of the demographic data items in this guidance have been updated, or will be updated, in the national data sets in new version implementations.

MHSDS v5.0 implemented in October 2021
IAPT Data Set v2.1 implemented in April 2022

Table 2

Changes to data items in the MHSDS and IAPT Data Set

Data item	MHSDS	IAPT data Set
Accommodation type (such as rough sleeping)	Moved to new shorter version of this item in v5.0	New in v2.1 - mirrors MHSDS
Disability type	No change	No change
Ethnicity	No change until new 2021 census categories are implemented	No change until new 2021 census categories are implemented
Gender identity	New item in v5.0	New in v2.1 – mirrors MHSDS
Gender at birth	New item in v5.0	New in v2.1 – mirrors MHSDS
Person-stated gender	No change, but no longer the priority gender data item	No change, but no longer the priority gender data item
Sexual orientation	No change	No change
Ex-British Armed Forces	No change	No change
Looked After Child status	No change	Not included
Marriage/Civil partnership	No change	Not included
Religion or other belief system affiliation	No change	No change
Age	No change	Change for v2.1 - ‘Person Birth Date’ will go from a ‘Required’ to ‘Mandatory’ data item
Deprivation (via postcode)	No change	No change

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