Guidance

NDTMS: technical definitions

Technical definitions (data schema) for software suppliers to use when creating the CSV file for the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).

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This page has been withdrawn because it’s out of date. For up-to-date information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS), see core data set documentation on the NDTMS website.

Documents

[Withdrawn] Technical definitions: Core dataset P

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[Withdrawn] NDTMS technical definitions: dataset O

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Details

This document describes the dataset inclusion, layout and verification rules for each data item that is submitted to NDTMS.

NDTMS dataset P refers to future national data collection, effective from 1 April 2020.

NDTMS dataset O is the current version for national data collection, effective from 1 April 2018.

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

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2017
Last updated 3 July 2020 + show all updates
  1. Updated Core dataset P.

  2. Updated core dataset P.

  3. Added 'Core dataset P' and removed 'NDTMS technical definitions: dataset N'.

  4. Updated 'NDTMS technical definitions: dataset O' document.

  5. First published.

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