OpenHDI · Open Health Data Impact

NHS Darlington CCG: Invoice Validation As an approved Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF), North of England Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) receives SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS nu

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

Organisation
NHS Darlington CCG
Source reference
DARS-NIC-134643-Q8C2V-v0.2
Jurisdiction
England
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Invoice Validation As an approved Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF), North of England Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) receives SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS number according to S.251 CAG 7-07(a) and (c)/2013, to undertake invoice validation on behalf of the CCG. NHS number is only used to confirm the accuracy of backing-data sets and will not be shared outside of the CEfF. The CCG are advised by the CSU whether payment for invoices can be made or not. Risk Stratification To use SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS number according to S.251 CAG 7-04(a) (and Primary Car

Register reference
DARS-NIC-134643-Q8C2V-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
  • Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
  • Acute-Local Provider Flows
  • Primary Care Services-Local Provider Flows
  • Maternity Services Data Set
  • Community Services Data Set
  • Ambulance-Local Provider Flows
  • 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

Invoice Validation As an approved Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF), North of England Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) receives SUS data identifiable at the level of NHS number according to S.251 CAG 7-07(a) and (c)/2013, to undertake invoice validation on behalf of the CCG. NHS number is only used to confirm the accuracy of backing-data sets and will not be shared outside of the CEfF. The CCG are advised by the CSU whether payment for invoices can be made or not. 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 General Practitioners (GPs) to better target intervention in Primary Care. Risk Stratification will be conducted by North of England Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) Commissioning 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. E…

Expected benefits, as published

Invoice Validation 1. Financial validation of activity 2. CCG Budget control 3. Commissioning and performance management 4. Meeting commissioning objectives without compromising patient confidentiality 5. The avoidance of misappropriation of public funds to ensure the ongoing delivery of patient care 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. Improved quality of services through reduced emergency readmissions, especially avoidabl…

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.