DSCN/DDCN Ref

Official Letter

Title

Description

DSCN 2021 / 14

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Purpose T Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment

The introduction of a standardised digital Skin Risk Assessment to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 13

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Patient Handling Assessment and Safer Handling Plan

The introduction of a standardised digital Patient Handling Assessment and Safer Handling Plan to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 12

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Pain Assessment Tool

The introduction of a standardised digital Pain Assessment tool to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales

DSCN 2021 / 11

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Falls and Bone Health Multifactorial Assessment

The introduction of a standardised digital Falls & Bone Health Multifactorial Assessment tool to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 10

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Nutritional Risk Assessment Tool

The introduction of a standardised digital Nutritional Risk Assessment tool to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 09

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Continence / Toileting Risk Assessment Tool

The introduction of a standardised digital Continence Risk Assessment form to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 08

Digitisation of Nursing Documentation – Adult Inpatient Assessment

The introduction of a standardised digital Adult Inpatient Assessment form to be used across the secondary care setting in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 07

28 days Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (sCAMHS) waiting time data collection

28 days Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (sCAMHS) waiting time data collection

DSCN 2021 / 05

111 Service Relationship to Caller

This introduces the new standard for relationship to caller within the 111 / Out of Hours (OOH) system in Wales.

DSCN 2021 / 04

111 Service Final Outcomes

This outlines the new standards for Final Outcomes within the newly procured NHS 111/ OOH Wales system.

DSCN 2021 / 03

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Site Specific – Brain & Central Nervous System (CNS)

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Brain & Central Nervous System (CNS).

DSCN 2021 / 02

Inpatient and Day Case Admissions and First Outpatient Appointments Waiting Times (PP01W) Data Set - Retirement

To retire the formal reporting of the Inpatient and Day Case Admissions and First Outpatient Appointment Waiting Times (PP01W) data set.

DSCN 2021 / 01

Single Cancer Pathway – Adjustments Data Set – Retirement

To retire the Single Cancer Pathway - Adjustments data set.

 DSCN 2020 / 31

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT)

To introduce a new standard for cancer minimum reporting requirements for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT).

DSCN 2020 / 30

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Acute Oncology Service (AOS)

To introduce a new standard for cancer minimum reporting requirements for Acute Oncology Service (AOS).

DSCN 2020 / 29

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Patient Group Specific – Childhood

To introduce a new standard for patient group specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for Childhood.

DSCN 2020 / 28

Single Cancer Pathway – Core (AMD)

To introduce the Single Cancer Pathway - Core data set which provides the data necessary to perform key metrics around the Single Cancer Pathway.

DSCN 2020 / 27

Outpatient Activity (Virtual Clinics) – Phase Two

To update the terms for the outpatient data set and the outpatient referral data set. To introduce a new data item to enable the collection and recording of virtual activity and make changes to the rules for recording within the data items listed in Appendix A of the DSCN.

DSCN 2020 / 26

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Site Specific – Urology

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Urology.

DSCN 2020 / 25

National Cancer Data Standards
for Wales – Patient Group Specific – Teenage Young Adult

To introduce a new standard for patient group specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for Teenage Young Adult (TYA).

DSCN 2020 / 24

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Sarcoma

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Sarcoma.

DSCN 2020 / 23 

Eye Care Prioritisation Measures (AMD)

To amend the scope reporting standard that supports waiting list management for eye care patients (DSCN 2018 / 07 (AMD).

DSCN 2020 / 22

Single Cancer Pathway – Adjustments

To introduce the Single Cancer Pathway - Adjustments data set which along with a separate Single Cancer Pathway – Core data set provides the data necessary to perform key metrics around the Single Cancer Pathway.

DSCN 2020 / 21

Single Cancer Pathway - Core

To introduce the Single Cancer Pathway - Core data set which along with a separate Single Cancer Pathway – Adjustments data set provides the data necessary to perform key metrics around the Single Cancer Pathway.

DSCN 2020 / 20

NHS Wales Document Metadata Standard 

To standardise the metadata used for storage of documents in any document repository.

DSCN 2020 / 19 

Substance Misuse Data Set – Additional Treatment Modality 

To introduce a new value to the existing Data Item - Treatment Modality and to update Terms to reflect that change.

DSCN 2020 / 18 

Outpatient Follow-Up Delay Reporting (AMD)

To amend the Outpatient Follow-up Delay Reporting Data Collection to provide accurate reporting of the number of patients discharged to a ‘see on symptoms’ (SOS) pathway and a patient initiated follow up (PIFU) pathway.

DSCN 2020 / 17

Subsidiary ICD Diagnostic Code

To retire the Subsidiary ICD Diagnostic Code data item and replace with an additional secondary ICD field

DSCN 2020 / 16

Admitted Patient Care Data Set – Weekly Submission and inclusion of Unfinished Episodes

To change the scope of the Admitted Patient Care data set (APC ds) to include unfinished episodes and to increase the frequency of submission from monthly to weekly.

DSCN 2020 / 15

Children and Young People Neurodevelopment Assessment - Wait Times

An update to the Neurodevelopment data collection to include the number of referrals received.

DSCN 2020 / 14

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Upper Gastrointestinal (GI)

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Upper Gastrointestinal (GI).

DSCN 2020 / 13

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Lung

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Lung.

DSCN 2020 / 12

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Haematology

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Haematology.

DSCN 2020 / 11

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Colorectal

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Colorectal.

DSCN 2020 / 10

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Thyroid

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Thyroid.

DSCN 2020 / 09

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Head and Neck

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Head and Neck.

DSCN 2020 / 08 

 National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Gynaecology

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Gynaecology.

DSCN 2020 / 07

National Cancer Data Standards  for Wales – Site Specific - Breast

To introduce a new standard for site-specific cancer minimum reporting requirements for tumour site - Breast.

DSCN 2020 / 06

Core Reference Data Standards

This Standard has been designed to provide national operational standards for the use of core demographics and reference data and was developed in recognition of the need to standardise the reference data associated with key demographic and reference data items.

DSCN 2020 / 05

Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 Data Collection (AMD) 

To make changes to the existing data collections that monitor performance against Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010. This amendment further categorises learning disabilities in part 2 of the measure age bands

DSCN 2020 / 03

111 Service Case Types and Priorities

This outlines the new standards for case types and priorities within the newly procured 111 / OOH system in Wales.

DSCN 2020 / 02

Maternity Indicators Data Set (AMD)

To update the Maternity Indicators Data Set and associated definitions

DSCN 2020 / 01 

Defining Outpatient Activity (Virtual Clinics) – Phase One

To introduce standard definitions for ‘virtual activity’ as it pertains to outpatient consultations. The definitions mandated via this DSCN represent the foundation to updating the Outpatient Data Set scope to reflect such activity.

DSCN 2019 / 10

Outpatient Hospital Initiated Cancellation Reason Codes

This standard updates the national Outpatient data set to include reasons for outpatient appointment cancellations.

DSCN 2019 / 09

Specification

National Cancer Data Standards for Wales - Core

To introduce a new standard for the Core cancer minimum reporting requirement (applicable to all cancer tumour sites).

DSCN 2019 / 08

WECDS Phase 1

This is the first phase in the work to develop the Welsh Emergency Care Data Set (WECDS).

DSCN 2019 / 07

CMATS Metrics (AMD)

To address inconsistencies published in the original Standard issued 25th September 2019. The aim of that Standard remains unchanged i.e. to formally mandate the collection and reporting of waits and outcomes for all CMATS referrals.

DSCN 2019 / 07

CMATS Metrics

To formally mandate the collection and reporting of waits and outcomes for all CMATS referrals.