Useful links
- 18 weeks Delivery Programme: website of the Department of Health '18 weeks' project (to support the target of first definitive treatment within 18 weeks of referral of patient)
- Cancer Information Services: provides documentation and information relating to the collection of Cancer Data Sets
- Cancelled Operations: The Hospital Activity Team website includes guidance and frequently asked questions regarding Cancelled Operations and reporting for the Quarterly Monitoring Cancelled Operations Central Return.
- Data Collections Information Catalogue: single point of reference for data collected relating to Health and Social Care. Also allows access to (Review of Central Returns (ROCR) team.
- Data Definitions Project: the Audit Commission, Department of Health, NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care and NHS Connecting for Health are working together to resolve some of the issues around the way data is defined under Payment by Results (PbR)
- Department of Health Publications: all policy documents for Government initiatives
- Department of Health Website: Department of Health homepage giving access to policy areas and documentation
- ISN Notification Mailing List: once subscribed you be notified of changes to existing standards and other related information..
- Hospital Activity Team: details of all central returns of activity within hospitals.
- Hospital Episode Statistics: access to data about Admitted Patient Care from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database.
- Hospital Waiting Times: access to both Provider- and Commissioner-based statistics for waiting times for Outpatient Appointments and Elective waiting list activity.
- Information Centre Website: The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care homepage, giving details of responsibilities and work programmes.
- Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care: Independent body who appraise and assure new information standards and changes to existing ones. Publishers of Information Standards Notices.
- National Statistics gives national statistics on health (amongst other subjects) - can be used to demonstrate how data collected in a healthcare environment can be used to measure and improve health and social care.
- NHS Connecting for Health Website: allows access to information about all the Connecting for Health workstreams and programmes.
- NHS Data Model and Dictionary: gives access to the NHS Data Model and Dictionary, and associated useful links such as Information Standards Notices (ISNs).
- NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service Consultation Website: the NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service publishes draft Information Standards Notices (ISNs) for consultation by the wider NHS and suppliers. Access to this site requires a login to be granted - contact datastandards@nhs.net
- NHS Data Model and Dictionary Website: the NHS Data Model and Dictionary pages within NHS Connecting for Health, giving links to useful sites, plus latest news and announcements etc.
- NHS Reference Costs: gives access to publications relating to Reference Costs (the costs of care delivered within the NHS) for previous financial years. Also gives links to other useful related sites and information about data collection.
- Organisation Data Service: access to national codes for healthcare organisations and staff.
- Payment by Results (PbR): gives access to the national tariffs for payment for healthcare activity. Also has information on HRG groupers, and links to other useful sites.
- Secondary Users Service (SUS): information about SUS and its links to Payment by Results and statistical measurement. Allows access to the SUS helpdesk where queries and problems about the submission of CDS messages can be reported.
- UK Government Data Standards Catalogue: gives access to the Government-approved data format and standards catalogue (e-GIF). Some of these are reflected and referenced within the NHS Data Model and Dictionary, where appropriate.
- Who Pays? Establishing the Responsible Commissioner: sets out a framework for establishing responsibility for commissioning an individual's care within the NHS, i.e. determining who pays for a patient's care.