NHSE SD
Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 18 Jun 2024 | Updated: 534 days ago

Secondary Care Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Data Collection

Dataset
CONTACT

Summary

Type:
  • collections
  • Information standards
Effective From:
22 May 2024
Applies To:
  • Secondary care providers in England recording medicine prescribing and administration information electronically on ePMA systems.
  • The above secondary care services provide acute, mental health, specialist, and community care 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.
Conformance Date:
13 January 2025
Topics:
  • Data definitions and terminologies
  • Prescribing
Care Settings:
  • Community health
  • Hospital
  • Maternity
  • Mental health
  • Pharmacy
  • Urgent and Emergency Care
Alternate Name:
Secondary Care Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) Data Collection

Documentation

Associated Media:
Secondary Care Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Directions
Secondary Care Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Data Provision Notice
Secondary Care Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration further guidance
Description:

The data set will provide comprehensive and comparable data about medicines use across NHS trusts, supporting an element of the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) which calls for increased usage of ePMA systems.

Providers will submit ePMA data to NHS England’s Data Processing Service platform (DPS) via weekly extracts and should also submit historic data (back to 1 April 2015, where the data is already held).

Documentation Link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/information-standards/information-standards-and-data-collections-including-extractions/publications-and-notifications/standards-and-collections/dapb4005-secondary-care-electronic-prescribing-and-medicines-administration-epma-data-collection

Document Control

Sponsor:
Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England
Approval Date:
30 June 2022
Business Lead:
Steve Marks, Senior Programme Manager, NHS England
Post Implementation Review Date:
31 December 2025
Scope:
NHS Services
SRO:
Rahul Singal, Chief Pharmacy and Medicines Information Officer, NHS England
Technical Committee:
Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB)
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active

Legal Authorities

Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Origin

Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue
URL:
https://nhse-sd-art-ui.metadata.works
Link:
https://nhse-sd-art-ui.metadata.works/browser/dataset/1938/0