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Board Vacancies and Commercial Spend

Covers data on board vacancies and commercial spend (the cost for Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to have executive director vacancies filled) in the NHS in England.

Documentation

About this standard

Publisher
NHS England
Reference code
DAPB4009 Amd 34/2020
Publication date
26/05/2021
Status
Active
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Standard type
Collections
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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.

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Collection level

Aggregate level

Frequency

Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.

Contact point

Using this standard

Applies to
  • Trusts
  • Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
  • Integrated Care Systems Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
Associated medias
Effective from
21/07/2021

Topics and care settings

Topic
Finance
Care setting
  • GP / Primary care
  • Hospital

Review Information

Scope
NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups and, from 2022-23: Integrated Care Systems and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
Approval date
06/04/2021
Legal authority
  • Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

  • NHS standard contract

  • Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

    This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

More information

This includes data on vacancies, spend, diversity, future capabilities and talent supply at Executive Director, Non-Executive Director and Chair level, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS People Plan. Aggregate data is submitted to NHS England quarterly, via the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS).

The data will be used to provide strategic direction to National and Regional Talent Boards in the NHS in England, by providing information on the demand and supply of executive director roles at a national and regional level. Data will be published and available for approved users on the Talent Insights pages of the FutureNHS collaboration platform (login required).

Page last updated: 25 March 2024