A report on the collection and use of information about hospital clinical activity in the National Health Service / Steering Group on Health Services Information ; chairman, E. Körner.
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security. Steering Group on Health Services Information
- Date:
- 1982
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: A report on the collection and use of information about hospital clinical activity in the National Health Service / Steering Group on Health Services Information ; chairman, E. Körner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Administrative arrangements 8.23 It has not been decided whether hospital identifiers should be submitted centrally. We will re-assess the situation with a view to making a recom- mendation when our other working groups have completed their work and after consultation on the contents of this Chapter has taken place. 8.24 As a consequence of the proposals in the preceding paragraphs, we recommend that the following data items be held centrally for analysis: sex, . health authority of residence, . local authority of residence, . date of birth, . marital status, category of patient, . health district in which treated, . date of admission, “ite? rao a Nom oi ie i. method of admission, j. source of admission, k. date the need for elective admission was decided, ]. intended management of the patient, m. specialty of doctors responsible for care, n. type of wards used with dates of transfer (as classified in Chapter 9), . dates of the end of each consultant episode, . method of discharge, . destination on discharge, . ICD diagnoses for each consultant episode, and fo 15) ley eye eS . Operations and operative procedures and dates on which performed. 8.25 The further information that may be required to be held centrally about maternity has not yet been discussed. We recommend that discussions with appropriate bodies be arranged and that these deliberations should take into account points arising from the maternity piloting exercise. 8.26 Many of the recommendations and proposals made in the preceding paragraphs will require regular review to ensure that the arrangements are cost-effective and acceptable. Given the confidential nature of patient infor- mation, an independent body should be set up to ensure that data protection standards are maintained. We thus recommend that a standing committee be set up to agree details concerning the transmission, analysis and output of computerised patient information systems with special regard for ensuring data protection. 8.27 The standing committee would keep under review: . The maintenance of data protection standards. . Methods and frequency of data submission. The timetable for data submission and the production of data output. . Edit checks for the computer tapes. The sample size to be used. mm OG @ oF The data items to be submitted about each consultant episode.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32220182_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
