Healthcare Operational Data Flows Data Set: Acute - Discharge

Healthcare Operational Data Flows Data Set: Acute - Discharge

Overview

Introduction

The Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set has been established by the Faster Data Flows Programme  to provide the data definitions for an automated PATIENT -based daily data collection.

The Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set  supports NHS delivery plans for the recovery of elective care and urgent and emergency care in relation to NHS waiting lists, care co-ordination, and the improvement of managing PATIENT flows through the health and social care system.

Scope

All NHS commissioned ACTIVITY  provided by  NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts  commissioned to provide acute services should be submitted in these 4 collections:

Acute services includes secondary care ACTIVITY undertaken by any NHS Trust  or NHS Foundation Trust  in England including overseas PATIENTS, but not including PATIENTS  receiving private treatment within an NHS Trust  or NHS Foundation Trust  (i.e. within a Private Patient Unit (PPU)).

Where possible the definitions of data items collected in the Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set  are aligned with those collected in Commissioning Data Set  V6.3.

Submission Information

The Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set is submitted via the Faster Data Flows Application Programme Interface as one CSV file for each collection.

    • Minimum requirement: All new admissions in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

    • Best practice: All new and all newly recorded or changed admissions in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

  • Current

     

    • All current bed occupants at 08:00:00 on the day of submission

    • Minimum requirement: All new discharges in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

    • Best practice: All new and all newly recorded or changed discharges in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

    • Minimum requirement: All out-patient appointments in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

    • Best practice: All new and all newly recorded or changed out-patient appointments in a 24 hour period 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 prior to the day of submission

NHS commissioned ACTIVITY  submitted in the Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set  should include:

Further Guidance

Implementation guidance and Frequently Asked Questions have been produced by NHS England and can be found on Faster Data Flows (FDF) - National Reporting - FutureNHS Collaboration Platform at FutureNHS for You.

For enquiries regarding the Healthcare Operational Data Flows (Acute) Data Set, please contact england.fdf@nhs.net.

Mandation

The Mandatory or Required (M/R/O) column indicates the recommendation for the inclusion of data.

  • M = Mandatory: this data element is mandatory and the technical process (e.g. submission of the data set, production of output etc) cannot be completed without this data element being present

  • R = Required: NHS business processes cannot be delivered without this data element

  • O = Optional: the inclusion of this data element is optional as required for local purposes.

Specification

Also Known As

This data set is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Short name Discharge