Trauma Audit and Research Network Notification Data Set
Aims to define the current process and requirements of data collection at trauma receiving hospitals and to maintain the current practice of this national clinical audit.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- TARN Notification Data Set
- Reference code
- ISB1606 Amd 12/2013
- Publication date
- 03/10/2014
- Publication version
- 1.0.0
- 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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- Applies to
- Trauma receiving trusts across England
- Clinical Audit/Effectiveness Depts, Emergency Depts, all other departments/specialties managing major trauma patients
- Commissioners responsible for trauma care
- NHS England and the Department of Health
- Regulatory bodies
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
- Royal College of Surgeons
- British Orthopaedic Association
- Society of British Neurological Surgeons
- Headway
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Effective from
- 01/04/2014
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care
- Clinical safety
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Service
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
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
More information
This standards aims to
- encourage best practice within the emergency care setting by monitoring standards recommended by NICE, the Royal College of Surgeons and British Orthopaedic Association
- provide participating trusts with an assessment of the procedures and treatment administered to the injured patient
- produce analysis for clinical and epidemiological data and thereby provide a statistical base to support clinical audit
- support multidisciplinary clinical audit by analysis of case management
- provide comparative statistics to clinicians and clinical governance upon patient outcome performance
- allow Commissioners to monitor trauma load and measure quality of care
- support trauma care system development.
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