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NHS Enfield CCG: Invoice validation is part of a process by which providers of care or services get paid for the work they do.

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

Organisation
NHS Enfield CCG
Source reference
DARS-NIC-41640-G0C5N-v1.2
Jurisdiction
England
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Invoice validation is part of a process by which providers of care or services get paid for the work they do. Invoices are submitted to the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) so they are able to ensure that the activity claimed for each patient is their responsibility. This is done by processing and analysing Secondary User Services (SUS+) data, which is received into a secure Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF). The SUS+ data is identifiable at the level of NHS number. The NHS number is only used to confirm the accuracy of backing-data sets and will not be used further. Invoice Validati

Register reference
DARS-NIC-41640-G0C5N-v1.2
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
60

Data approved

  • Children and Young People Health
  • Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
  • Experience, Quality and Outcomes-Local Provider Flows
  • Population Data-Local Provider Flows
  • Acute-Local Provider Flows
  • Community Services Data Set
  • Maternity Services Data Set
  • Primary Care Services-Local Provider Flows
  • 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
  • National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring DataSet (CWT)
  • Emergency Care-Local Provider Flows
  • Other Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)-Local Provider Flows

Objective, as published

Invoice validation is part of a process by which providers of care or services get paid for the work they do. Invoices are submitted to the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) so they are able to ensure that the activity claimed for each patient is their responsibility. This is done by processing and analysing Secondary User Services (SUS+) data, which is received into a secure Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF). The SUS+ data is identifiable at the level of NHS number. The NHS number is only used to confirm the accuracy of backing-data sets and will not be used further. Invoice Validation with be conducted by North East London Commissioning Support Unit (NELCSU) The CCG are advised by North East London Commissioning Support Unit (NELCSU) whether payment for invoices can be made or not. Commissioning To use pseudonymised data to provide intelligence to support the commissioning of health services. The data (containing both clinical and financial information) is analysed so that health care provision can be planned to support the needs of the population within the CCG area. 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. The following pseudonymised datasets are required to provide intelligence to support commissioning of health services: - Secondary Uses Service (SUS+) - Local Provider Flows o Acute o Ambulance o Community o D…

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 Commissioning 1. Supporting Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) to review demand management, integrated care and pathways. a. Analysis to support full business cases. b. Develop business models. c. Monitor In year projects. 2. Supporting Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for specific disease types. 3. Health economic modelling using: a. Analysis on provider performance against 18 weeks wait targets. b. Learning from and predicting likely patient pathways for certain co…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/services/dars/release-registers/releaseregister20190901_20190930.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.