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Service type

Care Quality Commission

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Care Quality Commission

Healthcare services - Acute services (ACS) - Hyperbaric chamber services (HBC) - Hospice services (HPS) - Long-term conditions services (LTC) - Hospital services for people with mental health needs, and/or learning disabilities, and/or problems with substance misuse (MLS) - Prison healthcare services (PHS) - Rehabilitation services (RHS) - Residential substance misuse treatment/ rehabilitation services (RSM) Community or integrated healthcare - Community healthcare services (CHC) - Doctors consultation services (DCS) - Doctors treatment services (DTS) - Dental services (DEN) - Diagnostic and/or screening services (DSS) - Community-based services for people with a learning disability (LDC) - Mobile doctors services (MBS) - Community-based services for people with mental health needs (MHC) - Community-based services for people who misuse substances (SMC) - Urgent care services (UCS) Residential social care - Care home services with nursing (CHN) - Care home services without nursing (CHS) - Specialist college services (SPC) Community social care - Domiciliary care services including those provided for children (DCC) - Extra care housing services (EXC) - Shared Lives (formerly known as Adult Placement) (SHL) - Supported living services (SLS) Miscellaneous healthcare - Ambulance services (AMB) - Blood and transplant services (BTS) - Remote clinical advice services (RCA)

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NHS England

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CLD Guidance, release 1 (February 2023)

The list of service types is based on the main short and long-term support categories included in the SALT return, plus carer support categories for carer services delivered either direct to carers or via service users. Annex D provides worked examples of how to use the carer support categories. • Short Term Support: ST-Max • Short Term Support: Ongoing Low Level • Short Term Support: Other Short Term • Long Term Support: Nursing Care • Long Term Support: Residential Care • Long Term Support: Community • Long Term Support: Prison • Carer Support: Direct to Carer • Carer Support: Support involving the person cared-for Data type: Defined list

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NHS Digital

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NHS Data Dictionary

Enumerations 01Appliances Service 02Arts Therapy Service 03Cancer Service 04Cardiac Service 05Community Dental Service 06Community Paediatrics Service 07Continence Service 08Contraception and Sexual Health Service (Retired 01 September 2015) 09Counselling Service 10Dermatology Service 11Diabetes Service 12District Nursing Service 13Ear, Nose and Throat Service 14End of Life Care Service 15Gastrointestinal Service 16Health Visiting Service 17Hearing Service 18Intermediate Care Service (Retired 01 April 2020) 19Long Term Conditions Case Management Service 20Musculoskeletal Service 21Neurology Service 22Nutrition and Dietetics Service 23Occupational Therapy Service 24Orthoptist Service 25Pain Management Service 26Physiotherapy Service 27Podiatry Service 28Public Health and Lifestyle Service 29Rehabilitation Service 30Respiratory Service 31Rheumatology Service 32School Nursing Service 33Speech and Language Therapy Service 34Vulnerable Children's Service 35Vulnerable Adult's Service 36Respite Care Service 37Clinical Psychology Service 38Children's Community Nursing Service 39Diagnostic Service 40Treatment Room Nursing Service 41Haematology Service 42Phlebotomy Service 43Tissue Viability Service 44Family Support Service 45Integrated Multidisciplinary_Team (jointly commissioned) 46Prosthetic Service 47Specialist_Palliative_Care Service 48Enablement Service 49Urgent Care Service 50Wheelchair Service 51Crisis_Response_Intermediate_Care_Service 52Reablement_Intermediate_Care_Service 53Home-based_Intermediate_Care_Service 54Community_Bed-based_Intermediate_Care_Service 55Children's Weight Management Service 56Adult's Weight Management Service 57Public Health and Lifestyle Service (Excluding Weight Management) 58Nutrition and Dietetics Service (Excluding Weight Management)

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The CQC list of regulated service types seems more relevant to MODS than the list from the NHS Data Dictionary

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