Intermediate Care Data Collection 2025
Data to improve the visibility of demand and capacity across health services at all levels from system to regional to national.
Contents
- Documentation
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- DAPB4109
- Publication date
- 29 July 2024
- Status
- Active
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Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Deprecated Deprecated standards are available for use and are maintained, but are being phased out, so new functionality will not be added.
Retired standards Retired standards are not being maintained or supported and should not be used.
- 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.
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
Aggregate level
- Contact point
england.standards.assurance@nhs.net
Using this standard
- Applies to
- All organisations providing non-specialist community bedded services for the purposes of rehabilitation, reablement and recovery.
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Key care information
- Care setting
- Community health
Review Information
- Scope
- All organisations providing NHS and/or jointly commissioned non-specialist community bedded services for the purposes of rehabilitation, reablement and recovery, including those funded through the Better Care Fund.
- Approval date
- 29 July 2024
- Technical Committee
Data Assurance Board (DAB)
Legal basis
- Legal authority
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
More information
This update evolves the existing Covid-19 Community Daily Discharge SitRep into an Intermediate Care data collection to provide better insight to support national, regional and Integrated Care Board (ICB) oversight of service delivery.
Page last updated: 15 December 2025