Registration

An organisation code (ODS code) is a unique code created by the Organisation Data Service. It is used to identify organisations across health and social care.

As a publicly funded community service provider, you may already have this code.

Knowing this code is important as it will be used across the New Access Request registration documentation and within the data submission.

The ODS Portal allows you to search organisations and their code. Additional information, such as when opened, when closed, address and information governance management can also be seen on this site.

The provider organisation must have either a Caldicott Guardian, Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Asset Owner (IAO) registered with ODS. When you register an information governance lead so you can submit CSDS data please make sure you include this information when you make your request.   

Learn how to register with ODS. 

This is the final step in registering to submit data to CSDS and is where you state who will be uploading the data (several people can be listed to submit the data, which is advised to cover for holidays and sickness). The New Access Request form allows access to the SDCS Cloud portal to submit data for your registered organisation.

When the New Access Request form has been completed, the Information Governance lead needs to submit the form to [email protected] from their own email address. 

The guidance includes:

• ODS codes
• having an information governance lead 
• how to complete the DUC form
• how to submit the form
• validations made against the entered DUC data and how these are resolved
• the information you get back, in terms of username and password
• two-factor authentication and how to set it up
• logging into the portal for the first time
• password resets
• account changes