Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • What is the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)?
  • Existing data on children's services
  • Problems with existing data collections
  • Field testing of the NMDS data elements
  • Results of the field test
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • A way forward
  • Appendix 1: Children's Services National Minimum Data Set Data Manual
  • References