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Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 May 2007. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 June 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.


NHS: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which data set change notices were issued under her authority to NHS organisations in each year since 1997-98.
Answer

The NHS Information Standards Board has responsibility for assuring and signing off information standards for use in the national health service in England. The Board has had direct responsibility for the publication of approved information standards—Data Set Change Notices (DSCNs)—since October 2005. The accountability of the Board's chairman, Professor Martin Severs, is to the NHS chief executive.A table of all DSCNs published since 1997 has been placed in the Library. The number of DSCNs published in each year is shown in the table.

DSCNs
Yearly totals
1997 47
1998 37
1999 36
2000 19
2001 45
2002 55
2003 37
2004 30
2005 19
2006 21
2007¹ 12
Total 358
¹ To date.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135891; 461 c998-9W
Session
2006-07
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 07/1367
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases NHS
Link
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