Assurance certificates

Assurance certificates are awarded to all information standards and data collections (known collectively as standards) that successfully meet the assurance quality criteria set by the Data Coordination Board (DCB).

Where a standard has a certificate, this means it has been evaluated as being fit for use, as specified in the assured and published documents.

Assurance certificates were introduced in 2016 to provide a simple mechanism that the standard-owning organisation can use as evidence of quality and purpose. As well as the certificate, the owning organisation is provided with an Assurance Mark, and associated guidance, to support communications activity promoting the standard. Please note that neither the certificate nor DCB Assurance Mark implies assurance of the owning organisation; they provide a statement of assurance specific to a standard.

See below for a list of all current Assurance certificates issued by

the Data Coordination Board (DCB) (from April 2017)
the Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI) (between April 2016 and March 2017).

This list allows you to see whether:

an information standard or collection has been through an assurance process
the assurance certificate is still current, providing an indication of your requirement to:
- implement an information standard
- participate in a collection.

Each item on the list contains a link to the issued Assurance Certificate and further information for the item.

Note that items which are shown as 'Standards' or 'Standards and Collections' also have an Information Standards Notice (ISN) which can be viewed via the 'Information' link for each item.

It is important to note that from April 2016:

Assurance Certificates have been issued for all items successfully assured and approved (by DCB) or accepted (by SCCI)
Information Standards Notices for collections are no longer published.

For a complete list of all current standards and collections, review our A-Z list.

If you have any queries about Assurance Certificates or Assurance Marks please contact us at standards.assurance@nhs.net

Reference	Title	Type	Publication date	Assurance Certificate
DCB1521 Amd 13/2019	Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set, Version 9.0	Standard and a Collection	12/09/2019	DCB1521 Assurance Certificate
DCB2211 Amd 42/2019	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Children (GP Patient) Survey	Collection	10/09/2019	DCB2211 Assurance Certificate
DCB2205 Amd 41/2019	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake (GP Patient) Survey (Main)	Collection	10/09/2019	DCB2205 Assurance Certificate
DCB2195 Amd 40/2019	Childhood Influenza Vaccination Programme: Primary School Age Children	Collection	10/09/2019	DCB2195 Assurance Certificate
DCB2116 Amd 76/2018	Cancer Patient Experience Survey	Collection	10/09/2019	DCB2116 Assurance Certificate
DCB1520 Amd 14/2019	Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set, Version 2.0	Standard and a Collection	05/09/2019	DCB1520 Assurance Certificate
DCB3078 Amd 24/2019	NHS Staff Survey	Collection	08/08/2019	DCB3078 Assurance Certificate
DCB2039 Amd 33/2019	Fill Rate Indicator Return, Staffing, Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professional and Care Staff	Collection	08/08/2019	DCB2039 Assurance Certificate
DCB2085 Amd 34/2019	Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE)	Collection	08/08/2019	DCB2085 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2090-2171 Amd 10/2019	GPES: Learning Disabilities Observatory	Extraction	08/08/2019	SCCI2090-2171 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2127 Amd 104/2015	Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Referral to Treatment (RTT)	Collection	05/07/2019	SCCI2127 Amd 104/2015 Assurance Certificate
DCB2123 Amd 51/2017 78/2018	Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Data Set	Standard and Collection	04/07/2019	DCB2123 Amd 51/2017 Assurance Certificate
DCB1067 Amd 23/2019	National Workforce Data Set, Version 3.1	Standard	04/07/2019	DCB1067 Assurance Certificate
DCB3007 Amd	Programme Budgeting	Collection	04/07/2019	DCB3007 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2183 Amd 19/2019	GPES: Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF)	Extraction	03/06/2019	DCB2090-2183 Assurance Certificate
DCB1609 Amd 113/2018	Child Protection - Information Sharing	Standard	31/05/2019	DCB1609 Assurance Certificate
DCB3019 Amd 15/2019	General Practice Forward View monitoring	Collection	31/05/2019	DCB3019 Assurance Certificate
DCB3079 Amd 25/2019	Long Length of Stay Discharge Patient Tracking List	Collection	31/05/2019	DCB3079 Assurance Certificate
DCB0086 Amd 9/2019	Data Security and Protection Toolkit	Standard and a Collection	30/05/2019	DCB0086 Assurance Certificate
DCB3057 Amd 12/2019	CCG Demand and Capacity Assurance collection	Collection	22/05/2019	DCB3057 Assurance Certificate
DCB3067 Amd 114/2018	Better Care Fund Quarterly Reporting	Collection	14/05/2019	DCB3067 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2099 Amd 97/2015	Digital Maturity data set	Collection	14/05/2019	SCCI2099 Assurance Certificate
DCB2050 Amd 12/2017	Aggregate Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	29/04/2019	DCB2050 Assurance Certificate
DCB3003 Amd 14/2017	Patient Level Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	29/04/2019	DCB3003 Assurance Certificate
DCB3002 Amd 13/2017	Devices Patient Level Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	29/04/2019	DCB3002 Assurance Certificate
DCB2212 Amd 58/2016	Drugs Patient Level Contract Monitoring	Standard and a Collection	29/04/2019	DCB2212 Assurance Certificate
DCB1596 Amd 5/2019	Secure Email	Standard	08/04/2019	DCB1596 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2185 Amd 25/2016	Children and Young People (CYP) with an Eating Disorder Referral to Treatment Times (RTT)	Collection	08/04/2019	SCCI2185 Assurance Certificate
DCB2083 Amd 7/2019	Estates Return information Collection (ERIC)	Collection	05/04/2019	DCB2083 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2108 Amd 95/2015	Database for the National Latent Tuberculosis Screening Programme in New Migrants from High-Incidence Countries	Collection	05/04/2019	SCCI2108 Assurance Certificate
DCB0107 Amd 101/2018	National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) Data Set	Standard and a Collection	04/04/2019	DCB0107 Assurance Certificate
DCB0089 Amd 117/2018	Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) Version 2.1	Standard and a Collection	04/04/2019	DCB0089 Assurance Certificate
DCB1573 Amd 8/2019	Mixed-Sex Accommodation	Collection	04/04/2019	DCB1573 Assurance Certificate
DCB3071 Amd 120/2018	Public Sector Apprenticeship Target: Statutory annual reporting	Collection	04/04/2019	DCB3071 Assurance Certificate
DCB2097 Amd 1/2019	National Wheelchair Data Collection	Collection	04/04/2019	DCB2097 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2213 Amd 59/2016	Out of Area Placements	Collection	04/04/2019	SCCI2213 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2163 Amd 132/2015	Weekly Diagnostic Activity Collection	Collection	04/04/2019	SCCI2163 Assurance Certificate
DCB3058 Amd 91/2018	Compliance with National Data Opt-outs	Standard	18/03/2019	DCB3058 Assurance Certificate
DCB2239 Amd 123/2018	CQUIN 2019-20 Consolidated Data Collection	Collection	05/03/2019	DCB2239 Assurance Certificate
DCB3014 Amd 60/2017	Learning Disability Transformation Indicators	Collection	05/03/2019	DCB3014 Assurance Certificate
DCB3038 Amd 4/2019	Physical healthcare for people with serious mental illness (SMI): Primary care data collection	Collection	05/03/2019	DCB3038 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2132 Amd 128/2015	Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry	Collection	31/01/2019	SCCI2132 Assurance Certificate
DCB2154 Amd 122/2018	Surplus Land for Housing	Collection	31/01/2019	DCB2154 Assurance Certificate
DCB3031 Amd 110/2018	Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection	Collection	31/01/2019	DCB3031 Assurance Certificate
DCB3063 Amd 102/2018	Antibiotic Consumption Data	Collection	10/01/2019	DCB3063 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2175 Amd 103/2018	GPES: General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS)	Extraction	02/01/2019	DCB2090 Assurance Certificate
DCB2096 Amd 109/2018	Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 360º Stakeholder Survey	Collection	02/01/2019	DCB2096 Assurance Certificate
DCB3009 Amd 32/2017	Healthy Child Programme: Record Standard, Phase 1	Standard	13/12/2018	DCB3009 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2193 Amd 30/2016	Prevent Training Reports	Collection	10/12/2018	SCCI2193 Assurance Certificate
DCB1533 Amd 80/2018	Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data set, Version 3.0	Standard and a Collection	10/12/2018	DCB1533 Assurance Certificate
DCB0092-2062 Amd 34/2018	Emergency Care Data Set: CDS Version 6.2.2 Type 011	Standard and a Collection	07/11/2018	DCB0092 Assurance Certificate
DCB3054 Amd 79/2018	Mental Health Community Teams Activity	Collection	06/11/2018	DCB3054 Assurance Certificate
DCB3048 Amd 46/2018	Workforce Disability Equality Collection	Collection	06/11/2018	DCB3048 Assurance Certificate
DCB2167 Amd 78/2017	Digital Maturity Questionnaire	Collection	06/11/2018	DCB2167 Assurance Certificate
DCB0155 Amd 80/2015	Stop Smoking Services Quarterly Monitoring Return	Collection	06/11/2018	DCB0155 Assurance Certificate
DCB2103 Amd 87/2018	Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework National Audit	Collection	25/10/2018	DCB2103 Assurance Certificate
DCB1593 Amd 99/2018	Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment	Collection	18/10/2018	DCB1593 Assurance Certificate
DCB0011 Amd 30/2018	Mental Health Services Data Set, Version 4.0	Standard and a Collection	08/10/2018	DCB0011 Assurance Certificate
DCB2053 Amd 86/2018	GP Electronic Annual Declaration (eDec)	Collection	21/09/2018	DCB2053 Assurance Certificate
DCB3056 Amd 89/2018	Daily 111 Winter Collection	Collection	21/09/2018	DCB3056 Assurance Certificate
DCB3028-01 Amd 74/2018	Ambulance Quality Indicators: Clinical Outcomes	Collection	21/09/2018	DCB3028-01 Assurance Certificate
DCB3028-02 Amd 75/2018	Ambulance Quality Indicators: Systems Indicators	Collection	21/09/2018	DCB3028-02 Assurance Certificate
DCB1513 Amd 10/2018	Maternity Services Data Set, Version 2.0	Standard and a Collection	14/09/2018	DCB1513 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2112 Amd 32/2015	FGM Risk Indication System (FGM RIS) – Local System Integration	Standard	03/09/2018	SCCI2112 Assurance Certificate
DCB2161 Amd 83/2018	Short and Long Term (SALT) return	Collection	31/08/2018	DCB2161 Assurance Certificate
DCB2101 Amd 73/2018	Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, data collection	Collection	31/08/2018	DCB2101 Assurance Certificate
DCB2150 Amd 82/2018	Adult Social Care: Deferred Payment Agreements	Collection	30/08/2018	DCB2150 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2118 Amd 65/2015	eMED3 (fit notes)	Collection	06/08/2018	SCCI2118 Assurance Certificate
DCB2043 Amd 70/2018	UK Severe Influenza Surveillance System	Collection	01/08/2018	DCB2043 Assurance Certificate
DCB2204 Amd 72/2018	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Frontline Healthcare Workers Survey	Collection	01/08/2018	DCB2204 Assurance Certificate
DCB3018 Amd 48/2018	GP Appointments	Collection	02/07/2018	DCB3018 Assurance Certificate
DCB2221 Amd 66/2018	Conflict of Interest Indicator	Collection	02/07/2018	DCB2221 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2222 Amd 76/2016	GPES: NHS Health Checks	Extraction	02/07/2018	DCB2090-2222 Assurance Certificate
DCB0139	GUMCAD STI Surveillance System	Standard and a Collection	25/06/2018	DCB0139 Assurance Certificate
DCB1567	National Joint Registry Data Set	Standard and a Collection	08/06/2018	DCB1567 Assurance Certificate
DCB0129	Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT Systems	Standard	07/06/2018	DCB0129 Assurance Certificate
DCB0160	Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems	Standard	07/06/2018	DCB0160 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2190	GPES: Alcohol Risk Reduction	Extraction	01/06/2018	DCB2090-2190 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2206	GPES: Childhood Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme	Extraction	01/06/2018	DCB2090-2206 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2232	GPES: Indicators no longer in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)	Extraction	01/06/2018	DCB2090-2232 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2191	GPES: Learning Disabilities Health Check	Extraction	01/06/2018	DCB2090-2191 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2207	GPES: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme	Extraction	01/06/2018	DCB2090-2207 Assurance Certificate
DCB2225	PCV HIB MenC Vaccination Programme	Collection	01/06/2018	DCB2225 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-3010	GPES: GMS PMS Core Contract Data Collection	Extraction	24/05/2018	DCB2090-3010 Assurance Certificate
DCB2176	HPV Completing Dose (Booster) vaccination	Collection	24/05/2018	DCB2176 Assurance Certificate
DCB2178	Hepatitis B (new born) babies vaccination programme	Collection	24/05/2018	DCB2178 Assurance Certificate
DCB2179	MMR aged 16 and over vaccination programme	Collection	24/05/2018	DCB2179 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2133	GPES: Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2133 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2180	GPES: Pertussis in Pregnant Women Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2180 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2181	GPES: Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2181 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2182	GPES: Rotavirus (routine childhood immunisation) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2182 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2187	GPES: Meningococcal B Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2187 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2208	GPES: Shingles (catch up aged 78) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2208 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2209	GPES: Shingles (routine aged 70) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	18/05/2018	DCB2090-2209 Assurance Certificate
DCB2117	NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Benchmarking Collection	Collection	11/05/2018	DCB2117 Assurance Certificate
DCB2228	NHS 111 Pathways	Collection	11/05/2018	DCB2228 Assurance Certificate
DCB3040	Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES)	Collection	25/04/2018	DCB3040 Assurance Certificate
DCB3042	Junior Doctors – Rota Notification	Collection	25/04/2018	DCB3042 Assurance Certificate
DCB0095	Referral to Treatment Waiting Times	Collection	19/04/2018	DCB0095 Assurance Certificate
DCB0127	Direct Access Audiology Priority Treatment List (PTL) and Waiting Times (WT) Dataset	Collection	19/04/2018	DCB0127 Assurance Certificate
DCB3029	NHS 111 Patient Experience Survey	Collection	19/04/2018	DCB3029 Assurance Certificate
DCB3023-01	Monthly Activity Return	Collection	17/04/2018	DCB3023-01 Assurance Certificate
DCB3023-02	Quarterly Activity Return	Collection	17/04/2018	DCB3023-02 Assurance Certificate
DCB3017	Overseas Visitor Charging Category	Standard	13/04/2018	DCB3017 Assurance Certificate
DCB2235-05	National Diabetes Inpatient Audit: Harms Collection	Collection	13/04/2018	DCB2235-05 Assurance Certificate
DCB2235-02	National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit	Collection	13/04/2018	DCB2235-02 Assurance Certificate
DCB2235-03	National Diabetes Footcare Audit	Collection	13/04/2018	DCB2235-03 Assurance Certificate
DCB2184	Personal Health Budgets	Collection	13/04/2018	DCB2184 Assurance Certificate
DCB2235-01	National Diabetes Audit	Collection	14/03/2018	DCB2235-01 Assurance Certificate
DCB3035	Dementia Assessment and Referral Return	Collection	12/03/2018	DCB3035 Assurance Certificate
DCB3037	Cancer Patient Tracking List (PTL)	Collection	12/03/2018	DCB3037 Assurance Certificate
DCB0103-01	Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity Monthly Return	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB0103-01 Assurance Certificate
DCB0103-02	Quarterly Diagnostics Census	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB0103-02 Assurance Certificate
DCB0143	Quarterly Monitoring Cancelled Operations	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB0143 Assurance Certificate
DCB1576	KH03 Bed Availability and Occupancy	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB1576 Assurance Certificate
DCB1607	Monthly Situation Report – Emergency Care	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB1607 Assurance Certificate
DCB2054	Friends and Family Test	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB2054 Assurance Certificate
DCB3024	NHS 111 Minimum Data Set	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB3024 Assurance Certificate
DCB3025	Monthly Situation Report – Critical Care and Urgent Cancelled Operations	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB3025 Assurance Certificate
DCB3032	Delayed Transfers of Care	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB3032 Assurance Certificate
DCB3033	Quality Premium Local Assessment	Collection	28/02/2018	DCB3033 Assurance Certificate
DCB3030 Amd 99/2017	CQC provider survey	Collection	09/03/2018	DCB3030 Assurance Certificate CQC guidance
DCB0090 Amd 81/2017	Health and Social Care Organisation Reference Data	Standard	08/03/2018	DCB0090 Assurance Certificate DCB0090 documentation
DCB0134 Amd 18/2017	Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections, Version 3.0	Standard and a Collection	20/12/2017	DCB0134 Assurance Certificate DCB0134 documentation
DCB1582 Amd 16/2017	Electronic Yellow Card Reporting, Version 3.0	Standard	26/10/2017	DCB1582 Assurance Certificate
DCB0147 Amd 89/2016	National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set, Version 2.0	Standard and a Collection	17/10/2017	DCB0147 Assurance Certificate
DCB2094 Amd 51/2015	Sexual Orientation Monitoring	Standard	17/10/2017	DCB2094 Assurance Certificate
DCB2235-04 Amd 64/2017	National Diabetes Inpatient Audit	Collection	17/10/2017	DCB2235-04 Assurance Certificate
DCB2090-2058 Amd 70/2017	GPES: Dementia Data	Extraction	02/10/2017	DCB2090-2058 Assurance Certificate
DCB1605 Amd 27/2017	Accessible Information	Standard	10/08/2017	DCB1605 Assurance Certificate
DCB2196 Amd 40/2016	British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) Audit	Collection	06/07/2017	DCB2196 Assurance Certificate
SCCI1518 Amd 92/2015	Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset	Standard and a Collection	03/07/2017	SCCI1518 Assurance Certificate
SCCI1069 Amd 57/2016	Community Services Data Set (CSDS)	Standard and a Collection	21/04/2017	SCCI1069 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2236 Amd 7/2017	GP Workload Tool	Collection	21/04/2017	SCCI2236 Assurance Certificate
SCCI0052 Amd 13/2013	Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d)	Standard	20/04/2017	SCCI0052 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2169 Amd 8/2016	Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England	Collection	03/01/2017	SCCI2169 Assurance Certificate
SCCI0034 Amd 35/2016	SNOMED CT	Standard	03/11/2016	SCCI0034 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2075 Amd 70/2016	Assessment, Discharge and Withdrawal Notices between Hospitals and Social Services	Standard	03/11/2016	SCCI2075 Assurance Certificate
SCCI1570 Amd 20/2015	HIV and AIDs Reporting System (HARS): Change	Standard and a Collection	01/11/2016	SCCI1570 Assurance Certificate
SCCI0084 Amd 105/2015	OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures	Standard	20/10/2016	SCCI0084 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2153 Amd 123/2015	Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey	Collection	12/10/2016	SCCI2153 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2135 Amd 69/2015	Adult Social Care Finance Return	Collection	12/10/2016	SCCI2135 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2143 Amd 86/2015	National Minimum Dataset for Social Care	Collection	12/10/2016	SCCI2143 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2172 Amd 11/2016	Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC)	Collection	12/10/2016	SCCI2172 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2214 Amd 60/2016	Primary care extended access	Collection	06/10/2016	SCCI2214 Assurance Certificate
SCCI1577 Amd 10/2011	Diagnostic Imaging Data Set	Standard and a Collection	05/10/2016	SCCI1577 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2197 Amd 41/2016	Primary Care Commissioning Activity	Collection	15/09/2016	SCCI2197 Assurance Certificate
SCCI0076 Amd 113/2015	Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set	Standard and a Collection	08/09/2016	SCCI0076 Assurance Certificate
SCCI0075 Amd 112/2015	Neonatal Critical Care Minimum Data Set	Standard and a Collection	08/09/2016	SCCI0075 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2192 Amd 34/2016	Prevent - Anti Radicalisation Training Questionnaire	Collection	03/08/2016	SCCI2192 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2166 Amd 5/2016	GP Access Fund	Collection	25/07/2016	SCCI2166 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2194 Amd 38/2016	NHS Pharmaceutical Services PHS1	Collection	05/07/2016	SCCI2194 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2090-2200 Amd 44/2016	GPES: Avoiding Unplanned Admissions	Extraction	05/07/2016	SCCI2090-2200 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2173 Amd 12/2016	Seven Day Services Survey	Collection	25/06/2016	SCCI2173 Assurance Certificate
SCCI2090-2189 Amd 32/2016	GPES: Named Accountable GP	Extraction	27/05/2016	SCCI2090-2189 Assurance Certificate

Last edited: 13 September 2019 1:10 pm