Data Description
NHS Support Agencies and Shared Services in England. These take the form of ‘Shared Services’ and ‘Health Informatics Services’, which are formed when two or more organisations that work closely together geographically and operationally, decide to centralise and merge common services (such as Human Resources, IT or Finance Departments).
How Data is Maintained
Information on NHS Support Agencies is relayed to ODS via the organisations in question. Changes are facilitated by an established ODS contact based within the organisation (referred to as an OC1). No changes to the records associated to an organisation can be carried out without the express permission of the contact for that organisation, although exceptions can occur such as where a contact is no longer working at an organisation, or changes have been agreed with an NHS England national programme (i.e. COVID vaccination programme).
Data Quality Assessment
For further information re the: ODS Data Quality Assessment Framework
| Data Quality Dimension | |||||||||||
| Last updated: |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ODS mastered or 3rd party data | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| OVERALL | Frequency of Update | Data Collection Method | Fit for Purpose | Coverage / Completeness | Reliability / Accuracy | Data Agreement | 3rd Party Escalation Routes | System Application / Downstream System Feedback | Future Refinement / Improvement Plan | ||
| Support Agencies and Shared Services | GREEN | Green | Green | Green | Green | Amber | ODS | n/a | n/a | Green | Amber |
| Ad Hoc | ODS mastered based on customer requests for codes received via ODS helpdesk | Codes created to meet demand | Complete to the best of our knowledge | ODS rely on Shared Services / Support Agencies informing us of changes, not confident this is always the case | n/a | n/a | No known issues | ODS would like to review to ensure currency | |||
Key Information - Roles, Code Formats and Data Source
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| Geographic coverage |
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| Primary Role ID | RO161 | Primary Role Name | NHS SUPPORT AGENCY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non Primary Role ID | RO30 | Non Primary Role Name | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RO67 | SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING GROUP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raw Data Sources | Individual NHS Support Agency | Update Frequency | Ad-hoc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Code Format |
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Permitted Relationships
Permitted Relationships - 'NHS Support Agency' can be linked to (upward): | |||||
Relationships to Primary role ID | Relationship Type Id | Relationship Type Name | Target Primary Role Code | Target Primary Role Name | Rel Type End Date (if applicable) |
| RO161 | RE5 | IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF | RO132 | HEALTH AUTHORITY (HA) | |
| RE5 | IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF | RO210 | NHS ENGLAND (REGION, LOCAL OFFICE) | 31/03/2020 | |
| RE5 | IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF | RO261 | STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP | ||
Legacy .csv Field Mapping
Click here for an explanation of the baseline data differences between legacy csv files and ODS Data Search and Export and the ODS APIs.
ensa.csv
Primary Role / OrgTypeID – RO161
Col | Data Item | Report Alias (legacy csv) | Notes |
1 | [OrganisationCode] | Organisation Code | |
2 | [OrgName] | Name | |
3 | [NHSER_code] | National Grouping | Change from legacy csv: Geographic extension of the postcode |
4 | [ICB_code] | High Level Health Geography | Change from legacy csv: Geographic extension of the postcode |
5 | [Address1] | Address Line 1 | |
6 | [Address2] | Address Line 2 | |
7 | [Address3] | Address Line 3 | |
8 | [Town] | Address Line 4 | |
9 | [County] | Address Line 5 | Change from legacy csv: As this is a legacy field, not populated for new addresses since 2018, this field within the ODS Data Search & Export tool (including pre defined reports) will not be populated. Note that the value (where populated) is available via the FHIR Organization Resource in the address.district property. |
10 | [Postcode] | Postcode | |
11 | [LegalStartDate] | Open Date | |
12 | [LegalEndDate] | Close Date | |
13 | NULL | Column 13 | |
14 | NULL | Column 14 | |
15 | NULL | Column 15 | |
16 | NULL | Column 16 | |
17 | NULL | Column 17 | |
18 | NULL | Column 18 | |
19 | NULL | Column 19 | |
20 | NULL | Column 20 | |
21 | NULL | Column 21 | |
22 | ‘1’ | Amended Record Indicator | Set to 1 for Pre Defined Report |
23 | NULL | Column 23 | |
24 | NULL | Column 24 | |
25 | NULL | Column 25 | |
26 | NULL | Column 26 | |
27 | NULL | Column 27 |