DAPB1533: Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Data Set (SACT)

The Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data set collects information on the use of systemic anti-cancer therapies across all NHS England trusts

About this information standard

SACT is the national standard for reporting systemic anti cancer therapy treatments for the NHS in England.

The SACT Information Standard addresses the requirement to standardise the recording of SACT treatment and outcomes through electronic systems.

This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Changes have been made to the data set. and all documentation updated to support the collection.

Scope	Implementation of this information standard impacts all staff groups involved in responding to the standard including: medical and nursing  pharmacy  information IT  management staff
Type	Collection
Schedule of collection	Monthly
Approved by	Data Assurance Board
Date of approval	24 June 2025
Release number	Amd 22/2025
Release title	Version 4.0
Stage	Implementation
End date of assurance	30/6/2027
Key documents	Information Standards Notice (ISN) Amd 202/2025 Requirements Specification (Amd 20/2025 20/2025 Implementation Guidance (Amd 20/2025) Technical Guidance (Amd 20/2025) Change Specification (Amd 2025) Data set (Amd 20/2025)
Further information	Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data set - NDRS submission schedule Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data set
Help desk	[email protected] or on telephone number 0113 518 0696

View the previous releases

Release date	06/12/2018
Release number	Amd 80/2018
Release title	Version 3.0
Stage	Implementation
Key documents	Information Standards Notice (Amd 80/2018) Specification (Amd 80/2018) Change request (Amd 80/2018) Implementation guide (Amd 80/2018)
Supporting documents	NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1661 (basic) NHS data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1661 (data set)
Further information	More information can be found on the NHS England Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) web pages.

Release date	06/11/2013
Release number	Amd 24/2013
Release title	Version 2.0 updates
Stage	Maintenance
Key documents	Information Standards Notice (Amd 24/2013) Specification (Amd 24/2013) Change request (Amd 24/2013) Guidance (Amd 24/2013) SACT Dataset v2.0 (Amd 24/2013)
Supporting documents	NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1370

Last edited: 23 July 2025 4:42 pm