Bowel cancer screening test cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 571219 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 |
DSS type:![]() | Data Element Cluster |
Scope:![]() | The Bowel cancer screening test cluster comprises a set of standardised data definitions used for monitoring the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. This cluster includes information on people who participated in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and undertook a disease screening test. This metadata set is not mandated for collection, i.e. it reflects best practice when collecting data in relation to bowel screening rather than a nationally mandated set of data items that must be provided. It is intended to be used by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Register. It can also be used by a wider range of health and health-related professionals who collect and/or use the data in relation to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Statistical unit:![]() | Persons who either have participated or will be participating in bowel cancer screening programs. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Bowel cancer screening test cluster Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element. |
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