NHS Wales Data Dictionary Version 3.4

 

Summary of Approved Changes for Version 3.4

 

This version of the dictionary contains approved new and updated data definitions in line with Change Notices issued since Version 3.3, which was released on 21st July 2011.

 

DSCN/DDCN Ref

Official Letter

Title

Description

DDCN 2011 / 01

N/A

Critical Care Data Set - Levels of Care

To introduce a reference to the current definitions for critical care ‘levels of care’, as set out by the Welsh Government.

DDCN 2011 / 02

N/A

Angiogram Waiting Time & Referral to Treatment Patient Tracking Report

To update the NHS Data Dictionary to reflect the publications of:

DSCN (2008) 08 (W), DSCN (2008) 11 (W), DSCN 2010 / 04, DSCN 2010 / 12, and to introduce ‘valid to’ and ‘valid from’ dates for specific values within the Referral to Treatment Patient Tracking Report and Angiograms data returns.

DDCN 2011 / 03

N/A

Removal of the Data Dictionary Contents Page

To remove the ‘contents’ page of the NHS Wales Data Dictionary.

DDCN 2011 / 04

N/A

KC64 – Community Dental Service Wales Return

To remove all references to the KC64 return in the NHS Wales Data Dictionary.

DDCN 2011 / 05

N/A

Changes to Family Planning References

This Data Dictionary Change Notice updates all references to “Family Planning” in the NHS Wales Data Dictionary with the new terminology of “Sexual and Reproductive Health”.

DDCN 2011 / 06 (Amd)

N/A

The removal of the Annual Community Health Returns KC55, KC57& KH14

To remove all content associated with the KC55, KC57 & KH14 returns from the NHS Wales Data Dictionary.

DSCN 2011 / 06

N/A

Correction to DSCN 2011/01 - Legal Status and Mental Category

To amend the description and ‘valid to’ date for Legal Status ‘33’.

DSCN 2011 / 07

N/A

Referral to Treatment Times Combined

To combine the reporting of ‘main’ and Cardiac Referral to Treatment Times, to include waits for a subset of the Diagnostic & Therapy Waiting Times and to add the data item ‘Stage of Pathway’

DSCN 2011 / 08

N/A

NHS Occupational Code Manual

This DSCN informs the service of the current version of the NHS Occupation Code Manual and confirms that all future updates to the manual will be communicated by the NHS Information Centre for Health & Social Care only.