Compliance with National Data Opt-outs
Provides a set of requirements to ensure that all health and adult social care organisations in England can comply with the National data opt-out policy
About this standard
- Owner
- NHS Digital
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Information codes of practice
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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
- standards.assurance@nhs.net
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Information governance
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Mental health
- Patient
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies
- Related standards
- ISB 0149: NHS Number The NHS number is required for organisations to use the service to check for national data opt-outs
- ISB 1523: Anonymisation Standard for Publishing Health and Social Care Data Disclosure of information that is anonymised in line with the ‘Information Commissioner’s Office Code of Practice of Anonymisation’ is out of scope of the national data opt-out
- DCB0086: Data Security and Protection Toolkit. Organisations are required to use the DSP toolkit to demonstrate national data opt-out compliance
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- DCB3058
- Quality assurance
This standard has been approved by the Data Coordination Board (legacy) and published as an information standard notice (ISN).
- Endorsements
- Not applicable
Page last updated: 22 November 2022