Working with Discovery
Getting started
How do I access the DDS?
Contact Stephen Janering (email stephen.janering@nhs.net) for access.
How do I communicate with LHS?
Where LHS are asked to support an organisation, all communication is via Jira. This helps to ensure that issues and questions are tracked, lessons are learnt and activity can be reported.
How do I upload code to the Github repository?
Contact Stephen Janering (email stephen.janering@nhs.net) for access and ways of working.
What data sets are currently published to the DDS?
See Current data sets for the data sets that are currently published to the DDS by different supplier systems.
What data is currently published to the DDS?
See Current published data for the latest data publisher information by sector, geographical area, service, and system provider.
What is the status of the publisher feeds?
See Publisher feed status for the latest published data status of the three main system suppliers.
How do I access and add DDS wiki articles?
See Wiki tips for more details.
Publishing data
What is the capacity of the DDS?
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How are CDS extracts transformed?
See Barts Health CDS FHIR Mapping.
How is data publication to the DDS secured?
See Secure publication to the DDS.
How is data stored in the DDS?
See Data storage architecture for more details.
How is data encrypted in the DDS?
Data is transferred, via HSCN, into the DDS HSCN connected AWS instance by SFTP, HTTP, or MLLP. See Secure publication to the DDS for more details.
How is ADT data mapped in FHIR?
See Homerton ADT FHIR Mapping for more details.
Development projects
How do I access Jira to view current development projects?
See the Jira page for more details.
How do I view the latest Frailty Flag information?
See NHS 111 Discovery frailty flagging for more details.
What are the Standard Operating Procedures for developing for DDS?
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Data Sharing Manager
Use Data Sharing Manager to determine which data is processed and shared according to projects linked to sharing and processing agreements. See Data Sharing Manager for more details.
How is access to the data in the DDS controlled?
Data is made available to particular systems or people using attribute based access control. See Identity Authentication Authorisation for more details.