Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set
The Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set (COSD) is a compiled data set, which provides the standard for secondary uses information required to support national cancer registration and associated analysis (at local, regional, national, and international level), as well as other national cancer audit programmes. COSD v10.0 defines the data, excluding pathology, which cancer services teams need to collect. COSD Pathology v5.0 is supplied by services directly by their pathology departments.
About this standard
- Owner
- NHS England
- Status
- Active
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Standards in development are APIs or API standards in alpha or beta, meaning they are available for use but are still in progress and may change.
Deprecated standards are older versions of a standard which are being phased out.
Retired standards are not being maintained and should not be used.
- Standard type
- Data definitions and terminologies
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Record standards define what information to collect and how to format it, for example when registering a new patient.
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.
Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
Information codes of practice are legal or best practice guidelines on how information should be handled.
- Contact details
- nhsdigital.cosdenquiries@nhs.net
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- Documentation
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Reference data
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
- Related standards
- DCB0147 – National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set
- SCCI0111 – Radiotherapy Data Set
- DCB1533 – Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set
- SCCI1577 – Diagnostic Imaging Data set
- SCCI0021 – International Classification of Diseases
- SCCI0034 – SNOMED CT
- DCB2094 – Sexual Orientation Monitoring
- Royal College of Pathologists Standards and Data sets for Histopathology
- Reporting on Cancers and Tissue Pathways
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- DAPB1521
- Quality assurance
This standard has been approved by the Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB).
- Endorsements
- Not applicable
Page last updated: 05 October 2023