Standards and collections

An alphabetical list of all current Data Coordination Board (DCB) and Information Standards Board (ISB) standards and collections.

The list is updated on a monthly basis, following the approval of new items, and changes, by the DCB.

Recent publication activity can also be found on our Publication and notification pages.

Data Set Change Notices (DSCNs) and Information Standards Notices (ISNs) published between 1991 and 31 March 2014 are available to view in an Excel document. Note that where the ISN is still current, it will also be listed in the current standards list below.

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Current standards

For each item you can see:

Reference number

The unique identifier; DCB prefix indicates approved by DCB; ISB prefix indicates approved by ISB; SCCI prefix indicates accepted by SCCI.

Title and release title

The name of the standard or collection and the name of its current release.

ISCE

This denotes whether the item is an Information Standard or Collection (including Extraction) (ISCE). This can be one of three values:

Standard - refers to an information standard
Standard and a collection - refers to an information standard which incorporates a collection
Collection - refers to a data collection or extraction.

Documentation

Please click on the 'Documentation' link to find out more information about the current release of the item. Note that a number of the 'Documentation' links for ISB standards will direct you to the ISB website; although this website has been transferred to The National Archives (TNA) please be assured that the links are taking you to the most recent documentation.

Reference number	Title	ISCE	Documentation
DCB1605	Accessible Information	Standard	DCB1605 documentation
DCB2150	Adult Social Care Deferred Payment Agreements	Collection	DCB2150 documentation
SCCI2135	Adult Social Care Finance Return	Collection	SCCI2135 documentation
ISB 1077	AIDC for Patient Identification	Standard	ISB 1077 documentation
ISB 0108	AIDC: Automatic Identification and Data Capture	Standard	ISB 0108 documentation
ISB 1516	Ambulance Electronic Patient Report	Standard	ISB 1516 documentation
DCB3028-01	Ambulance Quality Indicators - Clinical Outcomes	Collection	DCB3028-01 documentation
DCB3028-02	Ambulance Quality Indicators - Systems Indicators	Collection	DCB3028-02 documentation
DCB2053	Annual GP Practice electronic Self Declaration (eDEC)	Collection	DCB2053 documentation
SCCI2223	Annual uses of the Mental Health Act 1983 in English acute trusts	Collection	SCCI2223 documentation
ISB 1523	Anonymisation Standard for Publishing Health and Social Care Data	Standard	ISB 1523 documentation
SCCI2075	Assessment, Discharge and Withdrawal Notices between Hospitals and Social Services	Standard	SCCI2075 documentation
SCCI2007	Assuring Transformation	Standard and a Collection	SCCI2007 documentation
ISB 1555	Birth Notifications	Standard	ISB 1555 documentation
SCCI2132	Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry	Collection	SCCI2132 documentation
ISB 1597	Breast Screening Programme Data Set (KC63 and KC62)	Standard	ISB 1597 documentation
DCB2196	British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) Audit	Collection	DCB2196 documentation
DCB1521	Cancer Outcomes and Services Data set, Version 8.0	Standard and a Collection	DCB1521 documentation
DCB2116	Cancer Patient Experience Survey	Collection	DCB2116 documentation
DCB3037	Cancer Patient Tracking List (PTL)	Collection	DCB3037 documentation
ISB 0085	Cataract Data Set	Standard	ISB 0085 documentation
DCB2167	CCG Questionnaire Digital Maturity	Collection	DCB2167 documentation
DCB3057	CCG Winter Assurance	Collection	DCB3057 documentation
SCCI1609	Child Protection Information Sharing	Standard	SCCI1609 documentation
DCB2195	Childhood Influenza Vaccination Programme Primary School Age Children	Collection	DCB2195 documentation
ISB 0146	Childhood Measurement Central Return	Standard and a Collection	ISB 0146 documentation
SCCI2185	Children and Young People (CYP) with an Eating Disorder Referral to Treatment Times (RTT)	Collection	SCCI2185 documentation
SCCI1538	Chlamydia Testing Activity Dataset	Standard and a Collection	SCCI1538 documentation
DCB2096	Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 360º Stakeholder survey	Collection	DCB2096 documentation
DCB0160	Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems	Standard	DCB0160 documentation
DCB0129	Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT Systems	Standard	DCB0129 documentation
ISB0092	Commissioning Data Sets (CDS)	Standard and a Collection	ISB0092 documentation
DCB0092-2062	Commissioning Data Sets (CDS) Version 6.2.2: Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)	Standard and a Collection	DCB0092-2062 documentation
ISB 1500	Common User Interface - Address Input and Display	Standard	ISB 1500 documentation
ISB 1502	Common User Interface - Date and Time Input	Standard	ISB 1502 documentation
ISB 1503	Common User Interface - Date Display	Standard	ISB 1503 documentation
ISB 1504	Common User Interface - NHS Number Input and Display	Standard	ISB 1504 documentation
ISB 1505	Common User Interface - Patient Banner	Standard	ISB 1505 documentation
ISB 1506	Common User Interface - Patient Name Input and Display	Standard	ISB 1506 documentation
ISB 1507	Common User Interface - Sex and Current Gender Input and Display	Standard	ISB 1507 documentation
ISB 1508	Common User Interface - Telephone Number Input and Display	Standard	ISB 1508 documentation
ISB 1501	Common User Interface - Time Display	Standard	ISB 1501 documentation
DCB2013	Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework National Audit	Collection	DCB2103 documentation
SCCI1069	Community Services Data Set	Standard and a Collection	SCCI1069 documentation
DCB2221	Conflict of Interest Indicator	Collection	DCB2221 documentation
DCB0089	Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) Return	Standard and a Collection	DCB0089 documentation
DCB3030	CQC provider survey	Collection	DCB3030 documentation
SCCI2239	CQUIN 2017-19 Consolidated Data Collection	Collection	SCCI2239 documentation
ISB 0153	Critical Care Minimum Data Set	Standard and a Collection	ISB 0153 documentation
DCB3056	Daily 111 Winter Collection	Collection	DCB3056 documentation
SCCI2108	Database for the National Latent Tuberculosis Screening Programme in New Migrants from High-incidence Countries	Collection	SCCI2108 documentation
DCB0086	Data Security and Protection Toolkit	Standard	DCB0086 documentation
DCB3032	Delayed Transfers of Care	Collection	DCB3032 documentation
DCB3035	Dementia Assessment and Referral Return	Collection	DCB3035 documentation
DCB2101	Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Data Collection	Collection	DCB2101 documentation
ISB 0073	Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Data Set	Standard	ISB 0073 documentation
SCCI1577	Diagnostic Imaging Data Set	Standard	SCCI1577 documentation
DCB0103-01	Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity Monthly Return	Collection	DCB0103-01 documentation
SCCI0052	Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d)	Standard	SCCI0052 documentation
ISB 1556	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)	Standard	ISB 1556 documentation
SCCI2099	Digital Maturity dataset	Collection	SCCI2099 documentation
DCB0127	Direct Access Audiology Priority Treatment List (PTL) and Waiting Times (WT) Dataset	Collection	DCB0127 documentation
SCCI2127	Early Intervention in Psychosis RTT	Collection	SCCI2127 documentation
ISB 1557	EDIFACT Pathology Messaging	Standard	ISB 1557 documentation
DCB1582	Electronic Yellow Card Reporting, Version 3.0	Standard	DCB1582 documentation
SCCI2118	eMED3 (fit notes)	Collection	SCCI2118 documentation
DCB2083	Estates Return information Collection (ERIC)	Collection	DCB2083 documentation
SCCI2026	Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Dataset	Standard and a Collection	SCCI2026 documentation
SCCI2112	FGM Risk Indication System (FGM RIS) - Local System Integration	Standard	SCCI2112 documentation
SCCI2039	Fill Rate Indicator Return, Staffing-nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff	Collection	SCCI2039 documentation
DCB2054	Friends and Family Test	Collection	DCB2054 documentation
DCB3019	General Practice Forward View monitoring	Collection	DCB3019 documentation
SCCI2035	Genetic Testing Rates	Collection	SCCI2035 documentation
SCCI2166	GP Access Fund	Collection	SCCI2166 documentation
DCB3018	GP Appointments	Collection	DCB3018 documentation
DCB2236	GP Workload Tool	Collection	DCB2236 documentation
SCCI2090-2190	GPES: Alcohol Related Risk Reduction Scheme	Extraction	SCCI2090-2190 documentation
SCCI2090-2200	GPES: Avoiding Unplanned Admissions	Extraction	SCCI2090-2200 documentation
SCCI2090-2206	GPES: Childhood Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme	Extraction	SCCI2090-2206 documentation
DCB2090-2058	GPES: Dementia Data	Extraction	DCB2090-2058 documentation
DCB2090-3010	GPES: General Medical Services (GMS) / Personal Medical Services (PMS) Core Contract Data	Extraction	DCB2090-3010 documentation
SCCI2090-2175	GPES: General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (GP2DRS)	Extraction	SCCI2090-2175 documentation
DCB2090-2232	GPES: Indicators no longer in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)	Extraction	DCB2090-2232 documentation
SCCI2090-2191	GPES: Learning disabilities health check scheme	Extraction	SCCI2090-2191 documentation
SCCI2090-2171	GPES: Learning Disabilities Observatory	Extraction	SCCI2090-2171 documentation
DCBI2090-2133	GPES: Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Programme	Extraction	DCBI2090-2133 documentation
DCB2090-2187	GPES: Meningococcal B Vaccination Programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2187 documentation
SCCI2090-2189	GPES: Named Accountable GP	Extraction	SCCI2090-2189 documentation
DCB2090-2222	GPES: NHS Health Checks	Extraction	DCB2090-2222 documentation
DCB2090-2180	GPES: Pertussis in pregnant women vaccination programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2180 documentation
DCB2090-2181	GPES: Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2181 documentation
SCCI2090-2183	GPES: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)	Extraction	SCCI2090-2183 documentation
DCB2090-2182	GPES: Rotavirus (routine childhood immunisation) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2182 documentation
SCCI2090-2207	GPES: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme	Extraction	SCCI2090-2207 documentation
DCB2090-2208	GPES: Shingles (catch up aged 78) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2208 documentation
DCB2090-2209	GPES: Shingles (routine aged 70) Vaccination Programme	Extraction	DCB2090-2209 documentation
DCB0139	GUMCAD STI Surveillance System	Standard and a collection	DCB0139 documentation
ISB 1558	HA/GP Links	Standard	ISB 1558 documentation
DCB0090	Health and Social Care Organisation Reference Data	Standard	DCB0090 documentation
ISB 0070	Healthcare Resource Groups (HRG)	Standard	ISB 0070 documentation
DCB2178	Hepatitis B (new born) Babies Vaccination Programme (CQRS)	Collection	DCB2178 documentation
SCCI1570	HIV and AIDs Reporting System (HARS)	Standard and a Collection	SCCI1570 documentation
SCCI2125	Hospital and Community Health Services Written Complaints Collection (KO41a)	Collection	SCCI2125 documentation
DCB2176	HPV Booster Vaccination Programme (CQRS)	Collection	DCB2176 documentation
SCCI0133	Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine Uptake	Collection	SCCI0133 documentation
DCB3051	Identity Verification and Authentication Standard for Digital Health and Care Services	Standard	DCB3051 documentation
ISB 1520	Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set	Standard	ISB 1520 documentation
ISB 1512	Information Governance Standards Framework	Standard	ISB 1512 documentation
ISB 1594	Information Sharing to Tackle Violence	Standard	ISB 1594 documentation
DCB3031	Integrated Urgent Care Minimum Data Set	Collection	DCB3031 documentation
ISB 0148	Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure Codes	Standard	ISB 0148 documentation
SCCI0021	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10)	Standard and a Collection	SCCI0021 documentation
ISB 0112	Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set	Standard	ISB 0112 documentation
DCB3042	Junior Doctors – Rota Notification	Collection	DCB3042 documentation
DCB1576	KH03: Bed Availability and Occupancy	Collection	DCB1576 documentation
DCB3014	Learning Disability Transformation Indicators	Collection	DCB3014 documentation
DCB 1513	Maternity Services Data Set	Standard	DCB1513 documentation
DCB2179	Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccination Programme (CQRS)	Collection	DCB2179 documentation
DCB3054	Mental Health Community Teams Activity	Collection	DCB3054 documentation
DCB0011	Mental Health Services Data Set, Version 3.0	Standard and a Collection	DCB0011 documentation
DCB1573	Mixed Sex Accommodation	Collection	DCB1573 documentation
DCB3023-01	Monthly Activity Return	Collection	DCB3023-01 documentation
DCB3025	Monthly Situation Report – Critical Care and Urgent Cancelled Operations	Collection	DCB3025 documentation
DCB1607	Monthly Situation Report – Emergency Care	Collection	DCB1607 documentation
DCB0147	National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set, Version 2.0	Standard and a Collection	DCB0147 documentation
DCB2235-01	National Diabetes Audit	Collection	DCB2235-01 documentation
DCB2235-03	National Diabetes Footcare Audit	Collection	DCB2235-03 documentation
DCB2235-04	National Diabetes Inpatient Audit	Collection	DCB2235-04 documentation
DCB2235-05	National Diabetes Inpatient Audit: Harms Collection	Collection	DCB2235-05 documentation
ISB 0107	National Drug Treatment Monitoring System Data Set	Standard	ISB 0107 documentation
DCB1567	National Joint Registry Data Set	Standard and a Collection	DCB1567 documentation
SCCI2143	National Minimum Dataset for Social Care	Collection	SCCI2143 documentation
DCB2235-02	National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit	Collection	DCB2235-02 documentation
ISB 0028	National Specialty List	Standard	ISB 0028 documentation
DCB1067	National Workforce Data Set, Version 2.9	Standard	DCB1067 documentation
SCCI0075	Neonatal Critical Care Minimum Data Set	Standard and a Collection	SCCI0075 documentation
ISB 1595	Neonatal Data Set	Standard and a Collection	ISB 1595 documentation
DCB2117	NHS Continuing Healthcare Data Set	Collection	DCB2117 documentation
DCB3024	NHS 111 Minimum Data Set	Collection	DCB3024 documentation
DCB2228	NHS 111 Pathways	Collection	DCB2228 documentation
DCB3029	NHS 111 Patient Experience Survey	Collection	DCB3029 documentation
DCB2138	NHS Flu Vaccination Service – Patient Questionnaire	Collection	DCB2138 documentation
ISB 1080	NHS Health Check	Standard and a Collection	ISB 1080 documentation
ISB 0149	NHS Number	Standard	ISB 0149 documentation
ISB 0149-01	NHS Number for General Practice	Standard	ISB 0149-01 documentation
ISB 0149-02	NHS Number for Secondary Care	Standard	ISB 0149-02 documentation
SCCI2194	NHS Pharmaceutical Services PHS1	Collection	SCCI2194 documentation
DCB0155	Stop Smoking Service Quarterly Monitoring Return	Standard	DCB0155 documentation
SCCI0084	OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures	Standard	SCCI0084 documentation
SCCI2213	Out of Area Placements (OAPs)	Collection	SCCI2213 documentation
DCB3017	Overseas Visitor Charging Category (OVCC)	Standard	DCB3017 documentation
SCCI0076	Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set	Standard and a Collection	SCCI0076 documentation
SCCI1580	Palliative Care Co-ordination: Core Content	Standard	SCCI1580 documentation
ISB 0099	Patient Identifiers for Identity Bands	Standard	ISB 0099 documentation
DCB2085	Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE)	Collection	DCB2085 documentation
SCCI2199	Patient Objections Management (non GPES sites)	Collection	SCCI2199 documentation
DCB2085	Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), 2018	Collection	DCB2085 2018 documentation
SCCI2225	PCV HIB MenC Vaccination Programme	Collection	SCCI2225 documentation
DCB2184	Personal Health Budgets	Collection	DCB2184 documentation
SCCI2169	Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England	Collection	SCCI2169 documentation
DCB3038	Physical healthcare for people with serious mental illness (SMI): Primary care data collection	Collection	DCB3038 documentation
SCCI2192	Prevent - Anti Radicalisation Training Questionnaire	Collection	SCCI2192 documentation
SCCI2197	Primary Care Commissioning Activity	Collection	SCCI2197 documentation
SCCI2214	Primary care extended access	Collection	SCCI2214 documentation
DCB3007	Programme Budgeting	Collection	DCB3007 documentation
DCB3033	Quality Premium Local Assessment	Collection	DCB3033 documentation
DCB3023-02	Quarterly Activity Return	Collection	DCB3023-02 documentation
DCB0103-02	Quarterly Diagnostics Census	Collection	DCB0103-02 documentation
DCB0143	Quarterly Monitoring Cancelled Operations	Collection	DCB0143 documentation
SCCI0111	Radiotherapy Data Set	Standard and a Collection	SCCI0111 documentation
ISB 1552	Read Clinical Terms Version 3	Standard	ISB 1552 documentation
ISB 1553	Read Version 2	Standard	ISB 1553 documentation
DCB0095	Referral to Treatment Waiting Times	Collection	DCB0095 documentation
ISB 0066	Renal Data Set	Standard	ISB 0066 documentation
SCCI2172	Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC)	Collection	SCCI2172 documentation
DCB2205	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake (GP Patient) Survey (Adults)	Collection	DCB2205 documentation
DCB2211	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Children (GP Patient) Survey	Collection	DCB2211 documentation
DCB2204	Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Frontline Healthcare Workers Survey	Collection	DCB2204 documentation
DCB1596	Secure Email, Version 2.1	Standard	DCB1596 documentation
ISB 1572	Sensitive Data	Standard	ISB 1572 documentation
SCCI2173	Seven Day Services Survey	Collection	SCCI2173 documentation
SCCI1518	Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset	Standard and a Collection	SCCI1518 documentation
DCB2094	Sexual Orientation Monitoring	Standard	DCB2094 documentation
DCB2161	Short and Long Term Return	Collection	DCB2161 documentation
SCCI0034	SNOMED CT	Standard	SCCI0034 documentation
ISB 0005	Specialised Services National Definitions Set	Standard	ISB 0005 documentation
DCB2154	Surplus Land For Housing	Collection	DCB2154 documentation
DCB0134	Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections	Standard and a Collection	DCB0134 documentation
DCB 1533	Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set	Standard and a Collection	ISB 1533 documentation
ISB 1606	Trauma Audit and Research Network Notification Data Set	Standard	ISB 1606 documentation
DCB2043	UK Severe Influenza Surveillance System (UKISS)	Collection	DCB2043 documentation
DCB1593	Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment	Collection	DCB1593 documentation
SCCI2163	Weekly Diagnostic Activity Collection	Collection	SCCI2163 documentation
DCB3048	Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES)	Collection	DCB3048 documentation
DCB3040	Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES)	Collection	DCB3040 documentation