Treatment Function and Main Specialty Standard
This information standard defines the Treatment Function and Main Specialty classifications used to support the national reporting and analysis of clinical workforce activity throughout the NHS.
About this standard
- Owner
- NHS England
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Data definitions and terminologies
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Data definitions and terminologies define the format of individual data items so they can be consistently represented, for example dates or medication names. Reference sets and controlled lists are also included.
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- standards.assurance@nhs.net
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Appointment / scheduling
- Referrals
- Clinical decision support
- Reference data
- Information governance
- Care setting
- Community health
- Dentistry
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Mental health
- Pharmacy
- GP / Primary care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies
- Related standards
- DCB0011 Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)
- DCB1513 Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS)
- ISB 0092 Commissioning Data Sets (CDS)
- DCB0092-2062 Commissioning Data Sets: Emergency Care Data Set
- ISB 0153 Critical Care Minimum Data Set
- DCB2212 Drugs Patient Level Contract Monitoring
- DCB3003 Patient Level Contract Monitoring
- DCB2050 Aggregate Contract Monitoring
- DCB2123 Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Data Set
- SCCI2026 Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Dataset
- ISB 0112 Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set
- SCCI0034 SNOMED CT
- SCCI0021 International Classification of Diseases
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- DCB0028
- Quality assurance
This standard was approved by the Data Coordination Board (legacy) and published as an information standard notice (ISN).
- Endorsements
Not applicable
Page last updated: 22 November 2022