The Data Development Programme’s mission is to fill the gaps in information supply and develop new ways of collecting national information. The programme aims to do this through local and national data collection schemes. These schemes are reported on and are published within the “Developing Information” section.

However, the development of data is not only carried out by the Data Development Programme, many of the other programmes within ISD have projects and areas of work dedicated to the development of new ways of filling the information deficit. More information on other programmes of work related to the Data Development Programme can be found in Related Programmes of Work

Through these working partnerships we are able to publish emerging findings from new data collection processes designed to provide statistics on activity across aspects of developing clinical care.

Current publications include:

• Allied Health Professionals
• Nurse-led Clinics
• Smoking Cessation

Once these statistics have evolved and become more reliable they are moved to the web pages of the Programme that have developed them. Previous publications include:

• A&E Waiting Times
• Diagnostic Waiting Times
• Outpatient Census, and
• Outpatient Procedures/Operations.