DSCN Ref. No.

Official Letter

Title

Description

DSCN 23/04 (W)

06/04(E)

Independent Healthcare Provider Code/Organisation Code

To introduce revised coding structures for independent healthcare providers and bring Wales in line with National (U.K) standards.

DSCN 01/05 (W)

Guide to Good Practices – Amendment to definition ' Did Not Attend'

Originated under WHC (2004) 41. Request for IIC to amend definition

DSCN 02/05 (W)

31/04(E)

Data Standards – Renaming of the Organisational Codes Services (OCS) to National Administrative Codes Service

Changes to the NHS Wales Data Dictionary to support the renaming of the Organisation Codes Service (OCS) to the 'National Administrative Codes Service' (NACS)

CCN Ref.

Title

CCN 03/05 (W)

Change History for Changes Released in 2004

Error Number

Reason for the Change

Date Change Applied

ERR 01/05

Cosmetic Changes:-

Summary of Approved Changes for Version 2.6 – DSCN 21/04 – misspelling of QS1 & Items

Data Items and Terms (Grouped by Data Set) – QS1 – a) Change History – expand out b) misspelling of Items

Summary of Changes – for each 'Correction to Version 2.7'

Data Item – Referrer Code – misspelling of item

Term Transfer – incorrect link from ward

8^th February 2005

ERR 02/05

To correct linking and textual inconsistencies of certain QueSt1 Indicators:-

a) Incorrect linking :-

Beds Unused for Lack of Staff

Unstaffed Beds Out of Use for Reasons Other than Lack of Staff

Bed Complement

Average Daily Occupation of Amenity Beds by Paying Patients

Average Daily Number of Available Beds

b) Add/Remove Link:-

Number of deaths and discharges of paying patients using pay beds – add link to 'Pay Beds'

Number of Still Births – remove link to 'Live Births'

c) Incorrect link in change history for Referrer Code

28^th February 2005

ERR 03/05

To correct the APC layout in the Data Dictionary to match the actual APC data submission:-

Administrative Category to be moved and placed between 'Spell Number' and 'Decision to Admit Date'

3^rd March 2005