Version: 1.0.3 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 45 days ago
Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set
Dataset
Summary
Reference Code:
DAPB1521 Amd 89/2022
Type:
- Collections
- Information standards
Effective From:
11 September 2023
Applies To:
- Cancer centres and Cancer units
- Electronic systems\u0027 purchasers (systems used in NHS commissioned cancer centres)
- Electronic systems\u0027 purchasers (systems used in NHS provider services)
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. Users of secondary data about
cancer will need to review their current use and determine appropriate changes.
Conformance Date:
01 July 2024
Topics:
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Reference data
Care Settings:
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Publication Date:
11 September 2023
Contact Point
Contact Point:
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set (COSD) is a compiled data set, which provides the standard for secondary uses information required to support national cancer registration and associated analysis (at local, regional, national, and international level), as well as other national cancer audit programmes.
COSD v10.0 defines the data, excluding pathology, which cancer services teams need to collect.
COSD Pathology v5.0 is supplied by services directly by their pathology departments.
COSD provides the standard for secondary uses and consists of:
- a set of individual data items, with their definitions
- the assemblage of these data items into tumour specific discrete data sets
- the means of flowing the data items
- compilation of the data items into two reconciled data sets
- Patient Pathway
- Pathology
Relations:
[object Object]
Dependencies:
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
Name:NHS Data Model and Dictionary
Review & Status
Sponsor:
Dr Brian Rous, Director of Tumour Classification, National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), NHS England.
Approval Date:
22 August 2023
Business Lead:
Andrew Murphy, Head of Cancer Datasets, National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), NHS England.
Post Implementation Review Date:
30 April 2025
Scope:
NHS Services
SRO:
Sarah Stevens, Director for National Disease Registration, National Disease
Registration Service (NDRS), NHS England.
Technical Committee:
Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB)
Dataset Identifier:
f3102877-c9a1-48f9-8eca-d250c7c4afe2
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active
Legal Authority 1
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
Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue