DSCN/DDCN Ref

Official Letter

Title

Description

DSCN 2014 / 04

N/A

NHS England Health Bill

This mandate outlines the necessary changes to national reporting requirements as a result of the changes being introduced by the 2011 Health Bill.

DDCN 2014 / 04

N/A

Priority Type (New Patients)

To clarify that the meaning of value ‘000’ in the data items ‘Critical Care Level 2 Days’ and ‘Critical Care Level 3 Days’ is zero support days.

DDCN 2014 / 03

N/A

Critical Care Data Set - Ethnic Group

To change the data item ‘Ethnic Group’ to an optional field in the Critical Care Data Set.

DDCN 2014 / 02

N/A

Critical Care Data Set - Level 2 & 3 Days

To clarify that the meaning of value ‘000’ in the data items ‘Critical Care Level 2 Days’ and ‘Critical Care Level 3 Days’ is zero support days.

DDCN 2014 / 01

N/A

Emergency Department Data Set

To update the meaning of value 98 in the following data items:

•   Activity at Time of Injury

•   Mechanism of Injury

•   Injury Location Type

•   Sport Activity

•   Road User

DSCN 2013 / 08

N/A

Smoking Cessation Services Data Collection

To introduce the Smoking Cessation Services data collections to monitor performance against the Welsh Government Tier 1 Targets (2013/13)

DSCN 2014 / 01

N/A

The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS) Version 4.7

To introduce version 4.7 of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS) across NHS Wales.

DSCN 2014 / 02 

SMDSR 0314

Substance Misuse

To introduce the Substance Misuse Data Set and associated definitions.

DSCN 2014 / 03

N/A

Community Dental Service Wales Return (CDSWR) Data Collection

To introduce revisions to the Community Dental Service Wales Return (CDSWR) Data Collection