Our national data sets collect information from care records, systems and organisations on specific areas of health and care. This is used to inform policy and monitor and improve care.
The Department of Health and NHS England tell us to collect data so they can learn about specific areas of policy interest and measure the progress of policy initiatives. We work with these partners and groups of health and social care professionals, patients, and IT systems suppliers to design and develop these collections.
Our standards and collections section, details the assurance for all national data sets.
Client Level Data (CLD) is a curated data product containing details about Adult Social Care service users and informal carers, who are supported by local authorities in England.
The NHS All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Data Set was launched on 1 April 2025, and replaces the the NHS Continuing Healthcare Patient Level Data Set.
Information about the Ambulance Data Set including an overview of the data set and information for emergency ambulance providers and their system suppliers about implementing and submitting Ambulance Data Set data.
Commissioning Data Sets (CDS) enable national reporting on NHS funded or provided secondary care.
As a secondary uses data set Community Services Data Set (CSDS) re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care. It defines the data items, definitions and associated value sets extracted or derived from local information systems and sent to NHS England for analysis purposes.
The Critical Care Minimum Data Set is collected from all hospitals and other locations which provide all elements of critical care, to support payment, commissioning and national policy analysis.
These pages are the main point for all Diagnostic Imaging Data Set (DIDS) data set information and provide easy access for care providers of imaging services and their system suppliers to help implement the DIDS and submit the required DIDS data.
The Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) is the national data set for urgent and emergency care. It replaced Accident & Emergency Commissioning Data Set (CDS type 010) and was implemented through: ECDS (CDS 6.2.2 Type 011)
The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset supports the Department of Health's FGM Prevention Programme by presenting a national picture of the prevalence of FGM in England.
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is a curated data product containing details about admissions, outpatient appointments and historical accident and emergency attendances at NHS hospitals in England.
Information about the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set, now known as NHS Talking Therapies. This includes an overview of the data set and information for providers and their system suppliers to easy access to the information they need to implement and submit data
Information about the Lung Cancer Screening Data Set (LCSDS) including how to to implement and submit LCSDS data for lung cancer screening service providers and their system suppliers.
Information about the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) including an overview of the data set and information for maternity service providers and their system suppliers to implement the MSDS and submit maternity services data.
Medicines dispensed in Primary Care is a curated data product created from patient-level data about medicines dispensed and claimed for in community settings (predominantly community pharmacy) from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).
The Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) is a patient level, output based secondary uses data set which aims to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent and comparable person-based information for patients who are in contact with mental health services.
NHS England is working to identify, collect and submit national perioperative data from NHS, private providers in England and across the devolved nations to generate UK wide coverage.
We maintain the National Workforce Data set (NWD) and the NHS Occupation Codes, which together specify the data standards for NHS workforce information, including implementation within the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
The Neonatal Critical Care Minimum Data Set (NCCMDS) provides a record of what happens to a patient when they receive neonatal critical care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Maternity Ward or Neonatal Transitional Care Ward.
The NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) data set is a patient level, output based, secondary uses data set covering NHS continuing health care services and NHS-funded nursing care in England. The NHS CHC information captured within the data set supports better care, outcomes and experiences.
The Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set (PCCMDS) records what happens to a patient when they receive paediatric critical care in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) or other critical care setting suitable for children.
A weekly collection of medicines prescribed and administered to NHS patients in hospital trusts in England.
NHS England has produced this pilot with a purpose to develop and test the collection of a Virtual Wards Minimum Data Set. This is a granular daily data collection, which is intended to support recovery and provide the NHS with a modern data architecture that enables timely, high-quality data to be used to support decision making.