National Diabetes Audit Integrated Specialist Services Survey (NDA ISS)

NHS England is directed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to collect and analyse data in connection with the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) including the Integrated Specialist Services (ISS) survey, which is part of the NDA programme of clinical audits.

The ISS survey was added to the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) programme in 2020, replacing previous NDA diabetes care surveys. It is an organisational survey that collects information from all specialist services across the NDA programme, encompassing all modules and workstreams.

The survey is based on the recommendations in the Getting It Right First Time Diabetes Report (opens in PDF format) and for pregnancy on NICE Quality Standard 109 – Diabetes in Pregnancy.

This Notice is served on specialist diabetes services in England that deliver diabetes care.

The ISS survey is conducted at hospital level and carried out on an annual basis in October. Services should answer the survey with the position of their service as at 1 October each year.

Services must submit within a submission window, which is communicated to key contacts ahead of the collection and updated on the ISS survey webpage.