The Diagnostic Imaging Data Set (DID) is a central collection of detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, extracted and submitted monthly. The data set captures information about referral source and patient type; details of the test (type of test and body site); demographic information such as GP registered practice, patient postcode, ethnicity, gender and date of birth; plus items about waiting times for each diagnostic imaging event, from time of test request through to time of reporting.

The data set is collected at patient level and includes patient identifiers to enable linkage to other data sets, most notably cancer registration data. Combined, these data items give powerful information about access of NHS patients to diagnostic imaging tests across the country.

The initial release of this information standard was published by ISB in March 2012. In April 2014, SCCI replaced ISB; it makes recommendation to the Department of Health and / or NHS England on the publication of information standards. In this instance, SCCI has worked with the developer to assure that this information standard is fit to be published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 without making changes to the content of the information standard.

This is a conversion of an existing standard under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Full conformance is expected to be in place already.

The standard only relates to diagnostic imaging tests recorded in Radiology Information Systems (RIS).

Conformance

This is a conversion of an existing standard under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Full conformance is expected to be in place already.