Guidance

NDTMS: reference data

Document that defines the reference data (text to codal values) to use with the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS) dataset.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 13 April 2017
• Last updated: 9 March 2020 — See all updates

Documents

NDTMS reference data: core dataset P

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-711

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NDTMS reference data: core dataset O

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-225

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This is a reference document that defines the text to codal values, known as the reference data, to use with the NDTMS datasets. Data items apply to young people and adults within community and secure-setting based treatment providers.

Treatment providers can refer to this document when inputting data items into the NDTMS.

Reference data is defined as relatively static data and is used as a way of validating data entry. It is usually used to control the contents of drop-down lists and similar items. This document gives the allowed values for each of the data items in the NDTMS datasets.

Dataset O refers to the current national data collection, effective from 1 April 2018. CDS-P refers to the future national data collection, effective from 1 April 2020.

This document is part of a collection of documents that support the reporting requirements for the NDTMS dataset.

Published 13 April 2017
Last updated 9 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 9 March 2020

   Updated core dataset P.

2. 30 September 2019

   Added 'Reference data: core dataset P' and removed 'NDTMS reference data: core dataset N'.

3. 20 March 2019

   Updated 'NDTMS reference data: core dataset O'.

4. 13 April 2017

   First published.