Diagnostic imaging data set Directions 2016

Directions given by NHS England requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate a system for the collection of information to be known as the diagnostic imaging data set service information system.

Purpose

To contribute to work to help understand how outcomes for patients can be improved (such as life expectancy and quality of life), particularly for those with cancer, conditions that affect the muscles, bones, and joints and neurological conditions (for example stroke, epilepsy, dementia, or multiple sclerosis).

Legal basis

Sections 254(1), (3) and (6) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

The Directions came into force on 25 July 2016.

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Diagnostic Imaging Dataset (DIDS) Direction 2016

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Diagnostic Imaging Data Set (DIDS) data product

The DIDS data product is curated from data submitted to a central collection of diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients and extracted from local radiology information systems (RIS).

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