National Wheelchair Data Collection
Established to gain a better understanding of the current situation with regard to NHS wheelchair services in England and to support commissioners and providers to improve services.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- QWC1
- Quarterly Wheelchair Data Collection (QWC1)
- Reference code
- DCB2097
- Publication date
- 10/02/2020
- 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.
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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.
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
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.
- Contact point
Link to standard
- Documentation
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- Applies to
- Commissioners and Providers of wheelchair services commissioned by the NHS under NHS Standard Contract requirements
- Associated medias
- Effective from
- 01/07/2015
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS organisations and Independent sector providers of NHS-funded services, including Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Trusts, external wheelchair service providers.
- Contributor
- National Wheelchair Managers Forum
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/01/2022
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
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.
NHS standard contract
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
More information
The collection was designed to improve transparency and benchmarking. This was essential to improving the commissioning of wheelchair services, and to improving outcomes for wheelchair users.
The questions that comprise the data collection were developed through significant discussion and feedback from wheelchair service providers, people who use wheelchairs, the National Wheelchair Managers Forum, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and other key stakeholders.
Page last updated: 22 March 2024