Data Coordination Board

Summary

The Data Coordination Board (DCB) meets on a monthly basis to review and approve the assurance of information standards and data collections (including extractions), known collectively as ISCE.

Data Coordination Board activity

ISCE (both new and changes) are presented to DCB at:

Initial stage: an initial stage assessment report provides an overview of a proposal for a new, or change to an existing, ISCE and requests DCB approval to proceed with assurance of the ISCE
Final stage: a final stage assessment report summarises the assurance and appraisal activity that has been carried out against the ISCE and requests DCB final approval.

Following DCB approval of an item at 'Final' stage, publication documents for the ISCE will be issued. You can view recent publication activity on our publication pages.

ISCE currently undergoing ‘Final’ stage assurance, presented by Data Coordination Board meeting date

The information below is updated on a monthly basis, following each DCB meeting. If you have any queries about any of the ISCE below please contact us at standards.assurance@nhs.net.

DCB: 21 February 2019

Reference	Title	ISCE	ISCE type	Summary
DCB3058	Compliance with National Data Opt-out	Standard	New	Proposal to provide a set of requirements to ensure the effective application of the National Data Opt-out programme by health and adult social care organisations.
DCB2050	Aggregate Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	New	Introduction of a standardised aggregate contract monitoring data set to enable consistency across the commissioning system.
DCB2212	Patient Level Contract Monitoring - Drugs	Standard and a Collection	New	Introduction of a standardised data set to enable consistency of recording of specialised services drugs information across the commissioning system.
DCB3002	Patient Level Contract Monitoring - Devices	Standard and a Collection	New	Introduction of a standardised data set to enable consistency of recording of high costs devices across the commissioning system.
DCB3003	Patient Level Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	New	Introduction of a standardised patient level data set to enable consistency of recording across the commissioning system.
DCB0089	Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) Return	Standard and a Collection	Change	Change to reflect change of collection system (moving to NHS Digital) and incorporation of the GP childhood vaccination collection into COVER.
DCB2097	National Wheelchair Data Collection	Collection	Change	One new question added, relating to voucher systems for personal wheelchair budgets.

DCB: 21 March 2019

Reference	Title	ISCE	ISCE type	Summary
DCB0107	National Drug Treatment Monitoring System Data Set	Standard and a Collection	Change	The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) collects data on a monthly basis from drug and alcohol treatment providers on a national level. While a previous version was approved by the Information Standards Board, in order to encourage the submission of data from all providers and to enhance the credibility of the data set, Public Health England is now seeking approval by DCB and a mandate under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
DCB2123	Patient Level Costing Data Set (PLICS)	Standard and a Collection	New	Proposal for the submission of patient cost data at an individual patient level in line with new Healthcare Costing Standards. This data will be matched (on patient ID) to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data to provide full clinical and cost data for each relevant patient spell.
DCB2113	GP Segmentation	Collection	Change	Survey of GPs to obtain views on their role, the future of the NHS and NHS England.
DCB3067	Better Care Fund Quarterly Reporting	Collection	New	Collection to monitor the implementation and delivery of the Better Care Fund.
DCB1077	AIDC for Patient Identification	Standard	Change	This standard applies to all health care settings in England where an identity band is worn by the patient.
DCB2239	CQUIN Consolidated Data Collection (2019-20)	Collection	Change	Update to the data requirements for the 2019-20 CQUIN scheme.

Publications pending

Reference

Title

ISCE

ISCE type

Summary

DCB3047

Manual Input of Patient Pathway Details

Standard

New

Proposal to support Providers in situations where referrals are made through e-RS but where bookings cannot be made in e-RS. The standard would allow the Provider to record the Unique Booking Reference Number (UBRN) on the appointment so that it can be flowed to SUS+ to allow for payment.

Approved at September 2018 DCB; publication deferred. For any queries please contact standards.assurance@nhs.net

DCB2033

UK Assisted Reproductive Treatments (ART) Data Set

Standard and a Collection

New