NICOR Cardiac Data

The National Cardiac Audit Programme data is required by NHS Digital to support COVID-19 requests for linkage and analysis. These requests are often urgent and in support of direct care and service monitoring, planning and research. These are all functions that NHS Digital has been asked to deliver as a national resource in response to COVID-19, through the COVID-19 Directions.

The cardiac data will be employed to carry out analysis into the interplay between COVID-19 and cardiac health. The cardiac data will be particularly important due to the apparent increased risk to people with underlying health conditions.

The National Cardiac Audit Programme is part of the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR). The Programme is funded by NHS England and managed through Arden & GEM CSU (having transferred from Barts Health NHS Trust). There are seven data sets to be provided: 

• National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit
• National Heart Rhythm Management Audit
• National Congenital Heart Disease Audit 
• National Heart Failure Audit
• Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)
• Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Interventions)
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Audit.

This Notice is served on:

• NHS England

Data collection commenced in April 2020 and will continue until the expiry of the COVID-19 Directions or earlier if NHS Digital issues a notice to cease collection.

27 July 2022: An updated Notice has been issued to reflect the transfer of NICOR cardiac data collections from Barts NHS Health Trust to Arden & GEM CSU (on behalf of NHS England).  Note that this DPN supersedes the previous two DPNs, as there is now just one data controller to serve notice on.