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2008

This page contains the DSCNs for 2008. To access the advance notifications of 2008, visit Advance Notifications 2008.

03/09/2009: DSCN 27/2008 has been reissued as Version 0.5 to include the new ROCR license reference ROCR/OR/0192/FT6/001 to relect that mandatory status has been granted for Schedule 6 mandatory collection for Foundation Trusts.

21/07/2009: DSCN 27/2008 has been reissued as Version 0.4 to include the new ROCR license reference ROCR/OR/0192/001.

19/03/2009: DSCN 31/2008 has been reissued as Version 1.1 with the inclusion of the conformance requirement NN-GP-SR-05 and can be accessed at DSCN 2009.

08/01/2009: DSCN 23/2008 has been reissued as Version 1.1 with the addition of the NHS Data Dictionary Change Request CR 1016.

31/12/2008: DSCN 29/2008 Version 1.1. now reissued.

23/12/2008: The Department of Health Policy team have identified an error with DSCN 29/2008 which has been withdrawn.  The DSCN will be reissued in due course.

20/11/2008: An error had been identified with DSCN 25/2008 issued on 19/11/2008 and should be replaced with the version that was issued on 20/11/2008 below.

28/07/2008:  DSCN 14/2008 has been reissued as Version 1.1 following correction of an error in the introduction that gave the December 2008 target for admitted patients as 85%. This has been changed in Version 1.1. to give the correct target of 90%.

DSCN Title

Issue Date

Implementation Date

32/2008

NHS Number Standard for Secondary Care (England) (PDF, 109.8kb)

31/12/2008

Immediate

30/2008

OPCS 4.0 Classification of Interventions and Procedures (Update 4.4 to 4.5) - CR 1040 (PDF, 339.5kb)

24/12/2008

01/04/2009

29/2008

18 Week Wait Referral To Treatment Time (RTT) Performance Sharing - CR 1022 (PDF, 219.8kb)  31/12/2008  01/01/2009

28/2008

Removal of References to EDIFACT and the NHS Wide Clearing Service (NWCS) (PDF, 614kb)

18/12/2008

01/12/2008

27/2008

National Renal Data Set (PDF, 54.2kb)

03/09/2009

31/05/2009

26/2008

KP90 - Admissions, Changes in Status and Detentions under the Mental Health Act (PDF, 403kb)

28/11/2008

31/03/2009

25/2008

Critical Care Minimum Data Set (PDF, 968kb)

20/11/2008

01/04/2009

24/2008

Data Standards: Commisioning Data Set Version 6.1 (PDF, 921kb)

17/11/2008

01/04/2009

23/2008

4 Byte Version of the Read Codes (PDF, 220.8kb) - CR 1016)

08/01/2009

30/09/2009

22/2008

Data Standards: National Radiotherapy Data Set (CP 843) (PDF, 324kb)

23/09/2008

01/04/2009

21/2008

Information Standard: Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Category (CP 1026) (PDF, 102Kb)

17/09/2008

03/11/2008

20/2008

Data Standards: National Cancer Waiting Times Minimum Data Set (CP 1011) (PDF, 638Kb)

15/09/2008

01/01/2009

19/2008

Data Standards: Change of Name for National Administrative Code Services (NACS) to Organisation Data Service (ODS) (CP 1018) (PDF, 443Kb)

29/08/2008

Immediate

18/2008

Central Return: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme - Vaccine Monitoring Minimum Dataset (CP 956) (PDF, 266Kb)

29/08/2008

01/09/2008

17/2008

Healthcare Resource Groups 4 (HRG4) (PDF, 75Kb)

28/08/2008

01/04/2009

16/2008

Central return: Hospital and Community Services Complaints and General Practice (including Dental) Complaints - KO41(a) and KO 41(b) (CP 861) (PDF, 980Kb)

14/08/2008

Immediate

15/2008

Information Standards: Organisation Data Service - NHS Postcode Directory (PDF, 67Kb)

30/07/2008

01/08/2008

14/2008

Central Return: 18 Weeks 'Adjusted' Referral to Treatment (RTT) Dataset (CP 964) (PDF, 110Kb)

23/07/2008

Immediate

13/2008

Data Standards: Organisation Data Service (ODS) - Change to the Default Codes Set to Support Changes to GMS Contract (CP 965) (PDF, 119Kb)

10/07/2008

Immediate

12/2008

Data Standards: Quarterly Monitoring: Cancelled Operations Data Set (QMCO) (CP 879) (PDF, 95Kb)

09/07/2008

Immediate

11/2008

Data Standards: Ethnic Category (PDF, 78Kb)

24/06/2008

01/04/2009

10/2008

Data Standards: National Workforce Data Definitions (v2.0) (CP 502) (PDF, 900Kb)

07/05/2008

Immediate

09/2008

Information Standards: NHS Occupation Code Manual (PDF, 73Kb)

30/04/2008

01/04/2008

08/2008

Data Standards: National Direct Access Audiology Patient Tracking List (PTL) and Waiting Times (WT) Data Sets (CP 910) (PDF, 124Kb)

29/04/2008

01/04/2008

07/2008

Data Standards: Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set (CP 900) (PDF, 161Kb)

21/04/2008

Immediate

06/2008

Data Standards: Mental Health Minimum Data Set (Version 3) (CP 934) (PDF, 423Kb)

11/04/2008

01/04/2008

05/2008

18 Weeks Rules Suite (CP 935) (PDF, 220Kb)

11/04/2008

Immediate

04/2008

Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Data Set (CP 925) (PDF, 240Kb)

20/03/2008

01/09/2008

03/2008

General Practice and General Medical Practitioner (GMP) - changes resulting from the introduction of the General Medical Services (GMS) Contract) (CP 942) (PDF, 1.88Mb)

10/03/2008

01/06/2008

02/2008

Central Returns: National Direct Access Audiology Priority Treatment List (PTL) and Waiting Times (WT) Dataset (PDF, 250Kb)

21/02/2008

01/04/2008

01/2008

Central Return: Diagnostics Waiting Times Census Data Set (CP 812) (PDF, 107Kb)

04/02/2008

Immediate

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