Page last updated: 1-MAY-2008

ISD Programmes

National Clinical Dataset Development Programme

The National Clinical Dataset Development Programme (NCDDP) aims to support clinicians to develop national clinical datasets to integrate care records across Scotland.

Objectives 2008/09

  • Consolidate existing data standards with particular emphasis on stabilising key areas such as demographics, referral, admission, discharge, transfer, diagnosis, procedures, etc
  • Promote and support implementation of standards in key existing IT products e.g. SCI Gateway, SCI Store, CHI Index, including support for NCDDP alignment of XML schemas
  • New system developments supported to move towards full NCDDP compliance
  • Develop new clinical data standards as prioritised by NCDDP Programme Board
    • Cardiac Surgery & Interventions
    • Core Long Term Conditions
    • Maternity phases 2 & 3
    • CAMHs (Child and Adolescent Mental Health services)
    • Child Protection
    • Child health (school & preschool)
    • Genetics
    • Urological Cancer
    • NMAHP Care Planning
    • Theatres phase 2

Programme Summary

The vision of the NCDDP is to support clinicians to develop sets of interoperable national data standards to facilitate the implementation of integrated care records across NHS Scotland.

In essence, the NCDDP actively works with the clinical community in Scotland to ensure that the clinical content of NHS Scotland?s IT systems are fit for clinical purpose.

The clinical data standards are developed to support the three purposes of health and care data:

  • Care: Support for direct patient care, reflecting current best practice guidance and facilitating multidisciplinary team working
  • Share: Facilitate effective electronic communication along the patient?s journey with others involved in providing care, including appropriate communication across Health & Social Care/ other partner agencies
  • Compare: Improve data quality and comparability in support of secondary data requirements as a by-product of operational information, including data to support clinical audit, clinical governance - NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS), etc - , central returns, public health and commissioning

Contact Details

Contact: Michael Sibley, Programme Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 7066
Email: michael.sibley@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk

Contact: Kate Harley, head of Programme
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 6359
Email: kate.harley@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk

Web: www.clinicaldatasets.scot.nhs.uk/

Steering Group/ Programme Board

  • Kenneth Robertson, Clinical Lead for eHealth - Scottish Government Health Department
  • Margaret Hastings, Director of Clinical Information - Allied Health Professionals
  • Heather Strachan, NMAHP Lead for eHealth - Scottish Government Health Department
  • Sharon Hems, Programme Principal - ISD Scotland
  • Karen LeFevre, Implementation Director - Scottish Clinical Information Management in Practice (SCIMP)
  • Martin Denvir, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) - National Advisory Committee for CHD
  • Alastair Robertson, Cancer - Scottish Cancer eHealth Group
  • Martin Dennis, Stroke - National Advisory Committee for Stroke
  • Zelda Matthewson, Child Health - Consultant in Public Health Medicine
  • Rod Harvey, Diabetes - SCI-Diabetes Collaboration Steering Group
  • Rod Muir, Consultant in Public Health Medicine - ISD Scotland
  • Hilary Davison, Manager - Standards and Reviews Team - NHS QIS
  • Sara Twaddle, Director, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - NHS QIS
  • Alistair Bishop, Programme Manager - CHI Initiative - CHI Programme
  • Lorna Ramsay, Clinical Lead (NCDDP) Support Team - ISD Scotland
  • Kate Harley, Head of Programme (NCDDP) - ISD Scotland
  • Michael Sibley, Programme Manager (NCDDP) - ISD Scotland
  • Karen Brown, Communication Manager, (NCDDP) - ISD Scotland

Main contact: Email Damian Sefton