Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set
Mandates the collection of contraceptive activity data from sexual and reproductive health services.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- SRHAD
- Reference code
- SCCI1518 Amd 92/2015
- Publication date
- 29/06/2017
- 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.
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- Collection level
Record level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a year.
- Contact point
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- Applies to
- Providers of Sexual and Reproductive Health services.
- Impacts on
- Implementation of the changes to 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, subject to contractual terms in place between the parties.
- Associated medias
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Demographics
- Reference data
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Pharmacy
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies.
- Related standards
- DAPB0090: Health and Social Care Organisation Reference Data
Review Information
- Scope
- Health Services
- Sponsor
Andrea Duncan, Department of Health
- Senior Responsible Officer
Clare Perkins, Public Health England
- Business Lead
- Wendi Slater, Public Health England
- Approval date
- 18/04/2017
- Post Implementation review Date
- 01/10/2018
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
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
More information
The Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) mandates the collection of contraceptive activity data from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in a standardised data return.
There are a number of purposes of the data collection, including to:
- populate the Sexual and Reproductive Health Services report which is a national statistic
- ensure more relevant collection of electronic data to support local service development
- support monitoring of key policy initiatives such as: increasing access to all methods of contraception, including Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages and their partners; reducing teenage conceptions; reducing rate of unintended pregnancies and modernisation of SRH services
- support commissioning
- develop indicators of quality and outcome for service delivery and patient care
- assist in the development of benchmarking measures.
This information standard is owned by Public Health England. The data is collected and disseminated on behalf of Public Health England by NHS England.
Note that publication of this Information Standards Notice was delayed because of the purdah period preceding the 2017 General Election.
This Information Standard has been revised as follows:
Data submission changes introduced in 2015/16:
- change from quarterly to annual data submission
- clarified and extended validation rules.
Changes to data items, in alignment with the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:
- ORGANISATION CODE (CODE OF PROVIDER) change to ORGANISATION IDENTIFIER (CODE OF PROVIDER)
- SITE CODE (OF TREATMENT) change to ORGANISATION SITE IDENTIFIER (OF TREATMENT)
- ONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT GEOGRAPHY CODE (LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICT) change to ONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT GEOGRAPHY AREA CODE (LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICT)
- LOWER LAYER SUPER OUTPUT AREA (RESIDENCE) change to LOWER LAYER SUPER OUTPUT AREA (PERSON RESIDENCE)
- ACTIVITY LOCATION TYPE CODE addition of permitted national code: N01 - Street or other public open place.
Clarification of SRHAD coverage in GP settings:
General practice activity is excluded, except in the following cases:
- Specialist SRH services that undertake activity on GP practice premises
- Specialist SRH services that sub-contract with GPs to undertake some of these services
- GP activity that is already being recorded through SRHAD as part of a network of open-access services.
To be implemented from 1 April 2017 for existing SRHAD collections and from 1 October 2017 for new SRHAD collections.
Changes to enable collection of new organisation codes to be completed by 1 April 2020. Remaining changes to be completed by 1 April 2017 for existing SRHAD collections and 1 April 2018 for new SRHAD collections.
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