NHS Manchester CCG: Risk Stratification To use SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS number according to S.251 CAG 7-04(a) (and Primary Care Data) for the purpose of Risk Stratification.

Data-sharing agreement from NHS Digital registers of approved data releases, 2014–2019. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation: NHS Manchester CCG
Source reference: DARS-NIC-122737-X2Y7F-v0.2
Jurisdiction: England
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Register reference: DARS-NIC-122737-X2Y7F-v0.2
Agreement period: not published to no end date published
For commercial purposes (as marked in the register): Not stated
Release files listed by NHS England: 22

Data approved

Children and Young People Health
Experience, Quality and Outcomes-Local Provider Flows
Population Data-Local Provider Flows
Acute-Local Provider Flows
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
Primary Care Services-Local Provider Flows
Maternity Services Data Set
Ambulance-Local Provider Flows
Community Services Data Set
Community-Local Provider Flows
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Data Set
Public Health and Screening Services-Local Provider Flows
Demand for Service-Local Provider Flows
Mental Health Minimum Data Set
SUS for Commissioners
Diagnostic Imaging Dataset
Mental Health Services Data Set
Diagnostic Services-Local Provider Flows
Mental Health-Local Provider Flows
Emergency Care-Local Provider Flows
Other Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)-Local Provider Flows

Objective, as published

Risk Stratification To use SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS number according to S.251 CAG 7-04(a) (and Primary Care Data) for the purpose of Risk Stratification. Risk Stratification provides a forecast of future demand by identifying high risk patients. This enables commissioners to initiate proactive management plans for patients that are potentially high service users. Risk Stratification enables GPs to better target intervention in Primary Care Pseudonymised – SUS and Local Flows To use pseudonymised data to provide intelligence to support commissioning of health services. The pseudonymised data is required to ensure that analysis of health care provision can be completed to support the needs of the health profile of the population within the CCG area based on the full analysis of multiple pseudonymised datasets. The CCGs commission services from a range of providers covering a wide array of services. Each of the data flow categories requested supports the commissioned activity of one or more providers. Pseudonymised – Mental Health, Maternity, IAPT, CYPHS and DIDS To use pseudonymised data for the following datasets to provide intelligence to support commissioning of health services : - Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS) - Mental Health Learning Disability Data Set (MHLDDS) - Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) - Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) - Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) - Child and Young People Health Service (CYPHS) - Diagnos…

Expected benefits, as published

Risk Stratification Risk stratification promotes improved case management in primary care and will lead to the following benefits being realised: 1. Improved planning by better understanding patient flows through the healthcare system, thus allowing commissioners to design appropriate pathways to improve patient flow and allowing commissioners to identify priorities and identify plans to address these. 2. Numbers of high risk patients with care plans. 3. Improved quality of services through reduced emergency readmissions, especially avoidable emergency admissions. This is achieved through mapping of frequent users of emergency services and early intervention of appropriate care. 4. Improved access to services by identifying which services may be in demand but have poor access, and from th…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/services/dars/release-registers/releaseregister20190301_20190331.xlsx. Captured 2026-10-30.

Limitations: Agreement as recorded in an NHS Digital register of approved data releases (2014–2019), retrieved from the UK Government Web Archive. That register lists releases made in its period and the agreement's purpose statement as it then stood; it gives no agreement dates, and the agreement may have changed since. Imported only where a paper quotes a reference no current register holds.