Ambulance Data Set
Combines data from Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems to follow and understand patient journeys from the ambulance service into other urgent and emergency healthcare settings.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- ADS
- Reference code
- DAPB3107 Amd 63/2021
- Publication date
- 09/02/2024
- Publication version
- 1.0.0
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Collection level
Record level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a day.
- Contact point
Link to standard
- Documentation
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- Applies to
- All 11 Ambulance Services in England
- 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.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 01/07/2024
- Effective from
- 09/02/2024
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Reference data
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Related standards
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
Sarah Jane-Marsh, National Director of Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care, NHS England
- Senior Responsible Officer
Marc Thomas, Director of Out of Hospital Urgent and Emergency Care, NHS England
- Business Lead
- Sheela Kumar, ADS Project Manager, NHS England
- Approval date
- 19/12/2023
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/05/2025
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
NHS standard contract
This collection is published under the NHS Standard Contract.
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This information standard is published under section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
More information
The ADS will combine data from Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems to achieve the following objectives:
- Create an accessible data warehouse to inform national clinical and operational policy
- Provide a single consistent and comparable data set for benchmarking
- Reduce the informatic burden on ambulance services by replacing the multiple requests that ambulance services currently receive
- Provide services with linked data from other supporting data sets starting with Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) to provide better information about the patient journey and benefit paramedics by providing learning about clinical outcomes.
Page last updated: 08 May 2024