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Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set

Captures activity data relating to the treatment of cancer with medicines.

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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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

NDRSenquiries@nhs.net

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
Associated medias
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

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)

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