Table 1

Proposed data sources for the prototype MDS

	Sections	Example variables	Digital care records	Health and social care datasets
1	Demographics/characteristics	Date of birth; sex; NHS no; area-based deprivation	No	Personal demographics service
		Religion, languages, marital or partnership status, deprivation of liberty	Yes	No
		Ethnicity; weight; height	Yes	GP data; secondary user services data
2	Palliative care needs	End of life pathway register	No	GP data
3	Care home stay	Date of entry to care home; date of death	Yes	No
4	Resident needs	Skin condition	Yes	No
		Cognitive impairment and impact on perception, understanding and need for support	Yes*	GP data; secondary user services data
		Oral/nutritional status	No	Secondary user services data
		Continence	No	Community datasets (where available)
		Ability to perform activities of daily living; cognitive performance; delirium	Yes*	No
5	Quality of life	Outcomes; mood; dementia quality of life	Yes*	No
6	Complications/ adverse events	Infections	Yes	GP data; secondary user services data
		Falls (leading to hospital admission or GP visit)	Yes	Secondary user services data; 999 data; ambulance data
		Falls (only captured at care home level); early warning score; unintended weight loss	Yes	No
7	Diagnoses	Medical history	No	Secondary user services data; GP data
		Frailty	No	GP data
		Adverse reactions and allergies	No	GP data
8	Medication and vaccination	Prescribed medication and administered vaccines	No	GP data
9	Healthcare utilisation	Primary care use	No	GP data; NHS 111 data; 999 data
		Community nursing; community allied health professionals	No	Community services data set
		Out-of-hours contacts	No	GP out-of-hours data
		Ambulance call-outs	No	Ambulance data
		Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendance; emergency admissions; secondary care usage (outpatient appointments and elective admission)	No	Secondary user services data
10	Care home characteristics and workforce characteristics	Type of home; care home characteristics, specialities and client groups; location of care home; area-based deprivation; registered bed capacity; sector of provider; provider ownership type; CQC rating	No	CQC data
10	Care home characteristics and workforce characteristics	Staffing model; staffing ratios; numbers and types of staff; no of agency staff; no and type of vacancies	No†	Skills for care data

*Will be added to the software for the purposes of the pilot study.
†As the Skills for Care workforce survey is voluntary, we will ask participating homes to provide some information on workforce as part of a short online survey for the pilot.
CQC, Care Quality Commission; GP, general practitioner; MDS, minimum data set; NHS, National Health Service.