The NHS Health Checks Data Set is used to
- Support a uniform, quality and safe NHS Health Check Assessment for all those eligible between the age of 40 and 74 in England.
- Ensure that everyone who is eligible for the check will receive the same ‘face to face’ national offer wherever their check is conducted.
- Help estimate the impact of the NHS Health Check Programme on local services and enable commissioners to be more responsive and effective in their commissioning of services to support the NHS Health Check Programme.
- Provide a common and understood interface for Primary Care clinical system suppliers to support the process of risk assessment and PATIENT care.
- Support the reporting of NHS Health Check Assessment data for performance management and research purposes.
DATA EXTRACT SPECIFICATION
The Department of Health require NHS Primary Care System Suppliers to extract data, apply documented derivation rules and then securely transmit to The NHS Information Centre for health and social care, where the information will be validated and stored for Department of Health analysis.
The data extract consists of anonymised demographic data and a limited set of clinical observations. The data does not constitute the full PATIENT record.
Time period: The extract covers one calendar quarter.
Frequency: Reports are run quarterly, 6 weeks after the end of the quarter.
Format: Data returned should be formatted into a single comma separated variable (csv) file. The data elements should be transmitted in the order specified in the NHS Health Checks Data Set and issued guidance document.
Transmission: Electronic files are transmitted to The NHS Information Centre for health and social care via an encrypted web based portal hosted at The NHS Information Centre for health and social care. This web portal enables delegated system suppliers to submit data files in a secure manner across the Internet after derivation rules have been applied.
Guidance and information on derivation rules, READ format mappings and transmission protocols are available from The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.