Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set
Captures activity data relating to the treatment of cancer with medicines.
Contents
- Documentation
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- Also known as SACT.
- Reference code
- DCB1533 Amd 22/2025
- Publication date
- 14 July 2025
- 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
- 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.
- Contact point
Using this standard
- Applies to
- Cancer centres
- All providers of NHS commissioned systemic anti-cancer therapy services.
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all staff groups involved in responding to the standard including: • medical and nursing • pharmacy • information • IT • management staff
- Conformance date
- 1 July 2026
- Effective from
- 24 July 2025
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Demographics
- Prescribing
- Reference data
- Care setting
- Hospital
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies.
- Related standards
No known related standards.
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
Sarah Stevens, Deputy Director, NDRS
- Senior Responsible Officer
Dr Martine Bomb, Head of Data Projects, NHS England
- Business Lead
- Wayne Brown, Senior Project Lead NHS England
- Approval date
- 24 June 2025
- Technical Committee
Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB)
Legal basis and endorsements
- Link to Information Standards Notice (ISN)
Information Standards Notices (ISNs) are published to announce new or changes to information standards published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
- 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
NHS standard contract
This collection is published under the NHS Standard Contract.
More information
SACT is the national standard for reporting systemic anti cancer therapy treatments for the NHS in England. The NDRS are responsible for the ongoing maintenance, development, and implementation. The data set relates to all cancer patients, both adult and paediatric, in acute inpatient and outpatient settings, but does not include private patients or primary care. The SACT Information Standard addresses the requirement to standardise the recording of SACT treatment and outcomes through electronic systems.
Page last updated: 15 August 2025