Version: 1.0.5 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 45 days ago
Ambulance Data Set
Dataset
Summary
Reference Code:
DAPB3107 Amd 63/2021
Publication Version:
1.0.0
Type:
- Collections
- Information standards
Effective From:
09 February 2024
Applies To:
All 11 Ambulance Services in England
Impacts On:
Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems
suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with
their customers to determine necessary changes.
Conformance Date:
01 July 2024
Topics:
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Reference data
Care Settings:
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Alternate Name:
ADS
Publication Date:
09 February 2024
Contact Point
Contact Point:
Collection/Extraction Details
Collection Level:
Record level
Frequency:
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a day.
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The ADS will combine data from Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems to achieve the following objectives:
- Create an accessible data warehouse to inform national clinical and operational policy
- Provide a single consistent and comparable data set for benchmarking
- Reduce the informatic burden on ambulance services by replacing the multiple requests that ambulance services currently receive
- Provide services with linked data from other supporting data sets starting with Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) to provide better information about the patient journey and benefit paramedics by providing learning about clinical outcomes.
Relations:
Name:Emergency Care Data Set
Review & Status
Sponsor:
Sarah Jane-Marsh, National Director of Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care, NHS England
Approval Date:
19 December 2023
Business Lead:
Sheela Kumar, ADS Project Manager, NHS England
Post Implementation Review Date:
31 May 2025
Scope:
NHS Services
SRO:
Marc Thomas, Director of Out of Hospital Urgent and Emergency Care, NHS England
Technical Committee:
Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB)
Dataset Identifier:
d0de9251-a1e9-4625-a208-a8ecbd31b6d5
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active
Legal Authority 1
Legal Authority:
NHS standard contract
Legal Authority Description:
This collection is published under the NHS Standard Contract.
Legal Authority 2
Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and
Social Care Act 2012.
Legal Authority 3
Legal Authority:
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This information standard is published under section 259 of the Health and
Social Care Act 2012.
Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue