Commissioning Data Sets
Commissioning Data Sets are patient level data sets intended to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent and comparable person-based information on hospital activity to support a variety of secondary use purposes.
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About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS Digital
- Publication date
- 15 June 2021
- Status
- Awaiting approval
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enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk
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- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
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Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
- Ming Tang
- National Director
- Data and Analytics
- NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Senior Responsible Officer
Andrew Jackson, Director of Performance Information, Performance Analysis Team, NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Business Lead
- Thomas Latham
- Dataset Maintenance Operational Delivery Manager
- NHS Digital
- Approval date
- 8 June 2021
- Post Implementation review Date
- 30 September 2023
More information
The Commissioning Data Sets (CDS) provide information about NHS provided and NHS funded secondary care activity. As a secondary uses data set, CDS re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care. It specifies the data items, definitions and associated value sets to be extracted or derived from local information systems. The data is submitted via NHS Digital’s Secondary Uses Service (SUS), in an XML format, on a weekly, monthly or annual basis, depending on the CDS type. CDS data is used for a variety of purposes to support the NHS in the delivery of healthcare services, including national reporting through Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and the allocation of payments through the National Tariff Payment System.
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