The table below lists changes to existing Data Quality Standards or the way they are monitored, including VASS checks and Data Validity and Consistency Reports.
|
Date |
Change |
Relating to |
Datasets |
|---|---|---|---|
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01/05/2024 |
Reason for Cancellation |
OP |
|
|
01/04/2024 |
Consultant Code |
APC |
|
| 17/09/2023 | VASS checks 20801, 20802, 20803 and 20807 created | Accident and Emergency Investigation 1, Accident and Emergency Principal Diagnosis Type 1, Accident and Emergency Treatment 1 and Anatomical Area 1 | EDDS |
| 19/05/2023 | VASS checks 50114 and 50612 decommissioned | Legal Status and Legal Status vs. Specialty (of Treatment) | APC |
|
01/04/2023 |
VASS checks 50172, 50609, 51236 and 51611 amended | Principal Procedure Code, Sex vs. Primary Procedure Code, Primary Procedure Code and Primary Procedure Code (OPCS) vs. Sex | APC, OP |
|
26/08/2022 |
VASS checks 51238 and 51615 created | Reason for Cancellation and Attended or Did Not Attend vs Reason for Cancellation | OP |
|
22/04/2022 |
VASS check 51237 created | Consultation Method | OP |
|
24/01/2022 |
Specialty of Treatment Code, Treatment Function Code | APC, OP, OPR, CC | |
|
16/04/2021 |
VASS checks 20837, 20838, 20834, 20835, 20836, 20927 and 20928 created | Clinical Start Date, Clinical Start Time, Triage Score, Triage Start Date, Triage Start Time, Triage Start Date/Time vs Admin Arrival Date/Time and Clinical start Date/Time vs Admin Arrival Date/Time | EDDS |
|
22/09/2020 |
Record Type |
APC |
|
|
01/04/2020 |
Principal Procedure Code, Sex vs. Primary Procedure Code, Primary Procedure Code and Primary Procedure Code (OPCS) vs. Sex |
APC, OP | |
| 10/03/2020 | VASS check 50161 amended | Site Code (of Treatment) | APC |
| 24/01/2020 | VASS checks 50115 and 51213 amended | Consultant Code | APC, OP |
| 31/01/2019 | VASS check 51213 amended | Consultant Code | OP |
| 31/12/2018 | VASS checks 50115 and 51213 amended | Consultant Code | APC, OP |
| 24/09/2018 | VASS check 20833 amended | Ambulance Incident Number | EDDS |
| 09/05/2018 | VASS checks 50181, 50632, 50633, 50634 and 50635 created | Waiting List Date, Decision to Admit Date, Admission Date, Admission Method | APC |
| 22/01/2018 | VASS check 50120 amended, 50131 and 50629 decommissioned | Admission Method, Duration of Elective Wait | APC |
| 07/09/2017 | VASS check 51606 amended | Date of Birth vs. Date of Patient Referral | OP |
| 11/07/2017 | VASS check 51609 amended | Location Type Code vs. Site Code (of Treatment) | OP |
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01/04/2017 |
Principal Procedure Code, Sex vs. Primary Procedure Code, Primary Procedure Code and Primary Procedure Code (OPCS) vs. Sex |
APC, OP |
|
| 01/02/2016 | VASS checks 51610 and 20925 | Postcode of Usual Address vs. Organisation Code (LHB Area of Residence) | OP, EDDS |
| 05/06/2015 | VASS checks 50601 and 51607 decommissioned | Consultant Code vs. Main Specialty (Consultant) | APC, OP |
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01/04/2015 |
Specialty of Treatment Code, Treatment Function Code |
APC, OP, OPR, CC |
|
| 19/03/2015 | OP Data Validity Report amended | Primary Procedure Code | OP |
| 19/03/2015 | APC Data Validity Report amended | Principal Procedure Code | APC |
| 29/09/2014 | VASS check 50612 amended | Legal Status vs. Specialty (of Treatment) | APC |
|
25/09/2014 |
Referrer Code vs. Source of Referral: Outpatients, Source of Referral: Outpatients vs. Referring Organisation Code |
OP |
|
| 01/09/2014 | VASS checks 50163 - 50168 decommissioned | Daycase Activity | APC |
| 28/05/2014 | OP Data Validity Report amended | Consultant Code | OP |
| 28/05/2014 | OP Data Validity Report amended | Date of Patient Referral | OP |
| 16/05/2014 | VASS checks 20915 - 20919 | Attendance Group | EDDS |
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01/04/2014 |
Principal Procedure Code, Sex vs. Primary Procedure Code, Primary Procedure Code and Primary Procedure Code (OPCS) vs. Sex |
APC, OP |
|
| 30/12/2013 | APC Data Consistency Report amended | Legal Status vs. Specialty (of Treatment) | APC |
| 25/09/2013 | VASS checks for 'Invalid NHS Number' amended | NHS Number | APC, OP, CC, OPR, EDDS |
| 25/09/2013 | VASS check 50605 amended | Referrer Code vs. Referring Organisation Code | APC |
For details of changes prior to September 2013, please contact the Data Quality team.