CEN Clinical Audit System
CEN NMCN have an online database called the Clinical Audit System (CAS) within which we capture information about children and young people living with exceptional healthcare needs in Scotland. The Network has worked with Health Boards to identify CEN CAS Champions and their contact information can be seen here.
The aim of capturing information is to:
- Map the number of children with exceptional healthcare needs in Scotland and use this information to improve services in local health board areas
- improve care, co-ordination, planning and services for children and young people with exceptional healthcare needs
- to hold information that will help professionals who support you/your child, to do this better
Once a Health Board has data on CAS they can then request bespoke reports from NHS National Services Scotland Information Management Services and gain access to that data.
What sort of information is collected?
The information we collect includes the child/young person’s basic demographic information (name, address, DOB), their primary and other conditions, the range of professionals involved in their care and the technology required to support them.
The CEN Privacy Notice is available here.
How is patient confidentiality guaranteed?
All information will be handled in exactly the same way all NHS boards handle all other patient information. The system will be password protected and held on the NSS encrypted server with only health professionals directly involved with CEN NMCN having access to this data. The handling and management of data collected within the Clinical Audit System uphold the requirements stated within the General Data Protection Regulations 2018.
 Implementation & Training
If you would like to find out more about the Clinical Audit System or would like to request training for your NHS Board, please contact the team that looks after the CAS at: nss.imsrequests@nhs.scot