Healthcare Operational Data Flows: Acute

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (the Act) gives NHS England statutory powers, under section 259(1)(a), to require data from health or social care bodies, or organisations that provide publicly funded health or adult social care in England, where it has been directed to establish an information system, by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

The data, as specified by NHS England in this published Data Provision Notice, is required to support a direction from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England. Therefore, organisations that are in scope of the notice are legally required, under section 259(5) of the Act, to provide the data in the form and manner specified below

All NHS acute and foundation trusts delivering NHS services in England.

NHS England has been directed, by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the information specified for this service. The direction and accompanying requirements specification¹are published on the NHS England website. 

This information is required by NHS England under section 259(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Healthcare Operational Data Flows for acute personal data is a daily data collection, currently with no end date. The regular daily flow shall replace the Acute Pilot flow, commencing 1 June 2024, with submitters expected to be fully compliant with the HODF Acute Data Provision Notice and HODF Acute Technical Data Specification by Winter 2024.