Dates and frequency of data collection

Trust data will be collected using the online Data Collection Framework (DCF) system.

Trusts will be able to use the DCF to report all data and will be invited to join by email. If you have not received an email or have any issues with accessing the DCF you can contact the DCF team for support. 

Data will be required to be submitted quarterly, starting 1 October 2025.

The collection will open on the 1st of the month following the end of the quarter data is being submitted for. Trusts will be required to submit data no later than three weeks (15 working days) after the quarter ends.

For example, the first data the collection will open 1 October 2025, and will close 21 October 2025. The following data collection will open 1 January 2026 and will close 22 January 2026.

Data from the collection will be made available via a dashboard, offering various data views (for example. national, regional, organisational).Access will be granted to key external stakeholders, including the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Employers and NHS Staff Council representatives (both employer and staff side), and Regional Social Partnership Forums.

While boards remain ultimately accountable for compliance with job evaluation processes, NHS England Regional Workforce Directors will apply light-touch oversight with a focus on two key areas:

1. Job evaluation processes
2. Monitoring the impact of the updated nursing and midwifery profiles.

This oversight is not about performance managing organisations or duplicating local governance but will focus on:

• using the JE dashboard to flag potential outliers using data and local intelligence
• engagement with Regional Social Partnership Forums to enhance JE assurance and accountability
• direct engagement with trusts, for example chief people officers, chief nursing officers, or chief financial officers, where required, to check progress and escalate where further support or targeted intervention may be needed
• encouraging regional collaboration, learning, and best practice sharing across systems
• connecting with wider regional leadership (for example nursing, finance) where relevant