Information on care provided for all PATIENTS by NHS Hospital Providers, Primary Care Trusts and Independent Sector Providers (for NHS PATIENTS only) is specified in the Commissioning Data Sets and must be submitted to the Secondary Uses Service according to issued guidelines.
Use the following links to access more detailed information.
The Commissioning Data Sets
- Commissioning Data Set Overview
- Commissioning Data Set Versions
- Commissioning Data Set Notation
- Commissioning Data Set Business Rules
- Commissioning Data Set Mandated Data Flows
- Commissioning Data Set Submission Protocol
- Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid
- Security Issues and Patient Confidentiality
- Commissioning Data Set Submission and Primary Care Trust Mergers
- Commissioning Data Set Data Duplication
- Hospital Episode Statistics
- Hospital Episode Statistics Cross Reference Tables
The CDS-XML Message