National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service Data Flow Diagram

Data Providers

Laboratories NHS England Screening

Hospitals Clinical Regional
Services
NHS NHSBSA
Audits Molecular Cancer Genetics Digital
Pathology Prescriptions
Oncology
ONS Breast pathology Waiting Times Laboratories
Breast
HES
Death Haematology (L) Bowel
COSD Lung Cancer data (L)
notifications Diagnostic Cervical
RTDS Prostate Germline data (R)
NCDA Imaging (R) Abbreviations
SACT
Anon – anonymised/anonymous
Imaging (R)
Cancerstats -information and reporting portal
Patient admin
CancerData – public facing statistical information
Pseudonimiser COSD - Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset
HES – Hospital Episode Statistics
(L) (L) (R) NCDA - National Cancer Diagnostic Audit
NHSBSA – National Health Service Business Services
Authority
Data Processing

Patient Data ODR – Office for Data Release (Public Health

Yes No
Registered? anonymised England)
ONS - Office for National Statistics
Officer adds missing data RTDS - Radiotherapy Dataset
Registration
Repository

SACT - Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy

Analysis
Cancer

System
Cancer

System

Analysis
Data

Query

Registration
Processing Anaylsis Is Data Aggregate
Yes
Output Anon? data

Yes No
Data
Data Release

complete?
ODR
Data Release
Review &
Register
Release
NO: Officer follows up missing data
Data Outputs

NHS Clinical Approved Stakeholders

NHS Digital ONS CancerStats CancerData
Audits Studies & Partners