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The Community Services Data Set collects information for people who are in contact with NHS-funded Community Health Services.
Although this release was made available to download on 10 January 2022, the content is only useable from 1 January 2023.
The Community Services Data Set XML Schema does not contain validation.
The Information Standard was approved by the Data Alliance Partnership Board as DAPB1069: Community Services Data Set.
Updated 25 March 2022 to include improved sample XML files. The XML Schema itself is unchanged.
Email questions or feedback to enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk.
Released on 10 January 2022.
This release is useable between 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2022.
Release 1.5.1 replaces release 1.5 and includes ‘xs:choice’ within the ‘xs:sequence’ declarations, which removes the requirement for table elements within the associated XML file to be presented in a particular order.
Users who have already based their solution on release 1.5 can continue to use this, as the SDCS Cloud submission portal is backwards-compatible - XML Schemas compliant with either release 1.5 or 1.5.1 are accepted.
The Community Services Data Set XML Schema does not contain validation.
The Information Standard was approved by the Data Coordination Board as DCB1069: Community Services Data Set.
Email questions or feedback to enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk.
Released on 22 July 2020.