title: Community care provision: data collection for planning.
abstract: The Core Community Dataset (CCDS) is being used by community healthcare practitioners to record care provision. This article describes the principles behind the system and examines how nurses can use the information defined in standard terms to inform care planning.
authors.affiliation: Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust, Astley Ainslle Hospital.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003153:Community Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D010347:Patient Care Planning