Data Coordination Board

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.

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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.

Upcoming meetings

The information below shows upcoming Data Coordination Board meeting dates and the ISCE in the ‘Final’ stage of assurance that are due to submitted to the Board at each date.

DCB: 21 November 2019

Reference	Title	ISCE	ISCE type	Summary
DCB2050	Aggregate Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	Change	Proposal to change voluntary submission to mandatory.
DCB3003	Patient Level Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	Change	Proposal to change voluntary submission to mandatory.
DCB3080-01	Spend Comparison: Purchase Order Data	Collection	New	Collection of NHS trust purchase order data, to populate an expenditure dashboard, which is being brought in-house by NHS Improvement.
DCB2116	Cancer Patient Experience Survey	Collection	Change	Minor changes to the survey to focus on better understanding of patient experience of cancer care and treatment.

DCB: 19 December 2019

Reference	Title	ISCE	ISCE type	Summary
DCB1077	AIDC for Patient Identification	Standard	Change	Proposal to amend the patient identification standard to allow use on letters, forms and other documents.
DCB1518	Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set	Standard and a Collection	Change	This release introduces changes to recording of data and values for Contraception Method Status. In addition some use of SNOMED CT coding will be implemented.
DCB1596	Secure Email	Standard	Change	This release will remove the requirement for a secure domain (.secure.nhs.uk) to be implemented locally.
DCB2112	FGM Risk Indication System (FGM RIS) - Local System Integration	Standard	Change	Change to reflect reduction in scope, to primary care only, and adding in a requirement for local read/write/delete functionality.
DCB2054	Friends and Family Test	Collection	Change	This release will introduce changes coming out of the FFT development project and ask for ongoing approval for the continued national use of the FFT.
DCB2090-2183	GPES: Primary Care Networks Additional Staff	Extraction	Change	Extraction of general practice data in respect of employment of additional staff, mapped by Primary Care Networks.
DCB2184	Personal Health Budgets	Collection	Change	The proposed change is to add four sub groups, aiming to receive data showing the expansion of PHBs aligning with the rights to have that will come into effect during 2019/2020.
DCB3018	General Practice Appointments Data (CQRS)	Collection	Change	Changes to enforce greater standardisation of appointment data, mainly to support better analysis of access and waiting times.

Following DCB approval of an item at 'Final' stage, publication documents for the ISCE will be issued.

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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	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

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

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

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

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