Care activities — Assessment
Assessment-type care activities for Mar 2026: 4,270. Latest vs previous month: 4,270 (Mar 2026) vs 3,880 (Feb 2026)
Human check: Community services/BI owner to confirm activity coding.
Public-data demonstration report: This is not an official Dorset HealthCare report. It uses public aggregate data only and requires human review and local owner confirmation before operational use.
What the agent was asked to do
Business question: Using public CSDS for Mar 2026 , explain community activity measures, show descriptive six-month trends where the historic stack supports them, and what a business partner should validate locally.
Dataset: CSDS Monthly Statistics (RDY provider rows)
This is a first-draft analytical brief for human review — not an approved performance report.
Scope: Provider / RDY rows only — not Dorset population or ICB-resident views.
Data used
- CSDS (
demo_csds_activity.csv— Mar 2026) trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv— historic CareActivities stack
What this report can and cannot tell us
This report can:
- Describe Mar 2026 community activity totals and key activity types for RDY.
- Show descriptive six-month trends for Assessment and Clinical Intervention where the historic stack supports them.
This report cannot:
- Prove referral demand, waiting times or team performance from public aggregate CSDS.
- Support pathway or team-level conclusions without local drill-down.
For that reason, this should be treated as a first-draft prompt for review, not a final performance judgement.
Headline reading
- Both Assessment and Clinical Intervention increased in Mar 2026 compared with the previous month, but both remain lower than the start of the six-month window (Assessment -29%, Clinical Intervention -8.2%). Local validation needed.
- 'Other' is the largest activity category (9,995, 42% of total) — limits interpretability.
- Community waiting-time performance requires CHS SitRep / NHS waiting-list data — not CSDS activity counts. <cite class="nhs-standard-cite"><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/" rel="noopener">NHS England community health services waiting lists; published 2025/26 planning guidance; accessed 2026-06-21; confidence: confirmed</a></cite>
- Public aggregate CSDS activity counts cannot prove referral demand, waiting times or team performance.
Priority review flags
- 'Other' accounts for 42% of ActivityType activities (9,995) — major data-quality/interpretability flag.
- Assessment and Clinical Intervention rose month-on-month but remain below six-month start values.
Main metric table
CSDS community activity profile for RDY — activity counts only, not access or waiting performance. Six-month summary: Oct 2025 – Mar 2026.
Period: Six-month summary: Oct 2025 – Mar 2026; full extract: 8 months
| Figure / measure | Latest value | Previous period / comparator | Trend | Validation status | Judgement | Human check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care activities — Assessment | 4,270 (Mar 2026) | Previous period: 3,880 (Feb 2026). No official standard in public CSDS extract. | Volatile | Local owner confirmation needed | Up month-on-month but lower than start of trend window — may reflect seasonality, coding or service mix. | Community services/BI owner to confirm activity coding and whether this matches local community dashboards. |
| Care activities — Clinical Intervention | 5,955 (Mar 2026) | Previous period: 5,700 (Feb 2026). Historic stack: trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv. | Falling | Local owner confirmation needed | Up month-on-month but lower than start of trend window — confirm service scope locally. | Directorate lead to confirm which services feed this measure and coding QA for Mar 2026 . |
| Care activities — Other (ActivityType) | 9,995 (Mar 2026) | 42% of ActivityType total — data-quality/interpretability flag. | Not available | Local owner confirmation needed | Largest category is 'Other' — local CSDS owners should confirm legitimate coding vs mapping limitations. | CSDS return owner to confirm whether 'Other' reflects legitimate coding or inconsistent activity-type recording. |
| Total care activities (ActivityType slice) | 23,970 (Mar 2026) | Aggregate sum for one month — not trended as a single total in historic stack. | Not available | Local owner confirmation needed | Public CSDS aggregates cannot support team-level or pathway conclusions without local drill-down. | Confirm full RDY processed extract contains all measures needed — demo slice may not surface every row. |
| Community waiting-time performance | Not in this CSDS activity slice | Community waiting lists require CHS SitRep / NHS waiting-list data. National planning ambition: 80% under 18 weeks by 2028/29. <cite class="nhs-standard-cite"><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/" rel="noopener">NHS England community health services waiting lists; published 2025/26 planning guidance; accessed 2026-06-21; confidence: confirmed</a></cite> | Not available | Local owner confirmation needed | Use NHS community health services waiting-list publication for access performance — not this activity report. | Community services lead to confirm local waiting-list reporting source. |
Why this is useful
- The agent extracted RDY CSDS activity-type counts and computed descriptive six-month trends where the historic stack supports them.
- It flagged where activity data cannot answer access or waiting questions, and where coding limits interpretation.
Human validation checklist
- Is this the same definition used locally? — Public datasets may use national definitions. Local dashboards may use different filters, denominators or reporting dates.
- Is this still the latest position? — Public data may be delayed. Local operational data may have moved on since the reporting period shown.
- Is the figure affected by data quality, suppression, coding or service model? — A public figure can be affected by small numbers, exclusions, coding rules or how services are configured.
- Who owns the local narrative? — The accountable service, finance, workforce, quality or BI owner should confirm the explanation before use.
- Is this suitable for board/service reporting, or only a prompt for further review? — These briefs are first drafts — confirm whether the figure is ready for formal reporting or needs more local work.
Bottom line
This is an activity profile, not a community services performance report. March activity rose for key types but six-month movement is down for Assessment and Clinical Intervention. Waiting-time performance needs separate CHS waiting-list data. A community services lead should validate coding, especially the large 'Other' category, before any operational use.
Audit trail and source checks
Latest values from trend file where available; demo CSV period 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-31. Trend deltas from trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv.
See linked demo CSV and filter notes.
Demo CSV(s):
Filter / inspection notes:
Method documentation: PUBLIC_REPORTS_METHOD.md · DATA_SOURCE_REGISTER.csv · Governance and benefits
Key findings by review area (detail)
Key findings by review area
Activity with trend support
Care activities — Clinical Intervention
Direct clinical intervention activities: 5,955. Latest vs previous month: 5,955 (Mar 2026) vs 5,700 (Feb 2026)
Human check: Directorate lead to confirm which services feed this measure.
Aggregate limits
Total care activities and age bands
Total ActivityType slice sums to 23,970. Age-band splits vary by activity type and are not trended in the current stack.
Human check: Validate CYP vs adult splits with the CSDS return owner before directorate use.
Draft interpretation (detail)
Draft interpretation
- For 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-31, care activity totals sum to 23,970 in the ActivityType slice.
- Historic CSDS stack (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026) supports six-month descriptive comparison for Assessment and Clinical Intervention — not causal conclusions.
- Public aggregate CSDS cannot prove referral demand, waiting times or team performance.
- Sparse or zero activity in the demo slice needs local coding confirmation.
Prompt excerpt
Filter CSDS monthly CSV to RDY. Inspect CareActivities by ActivityType. Use trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv for month-on-month trends where ≥2 periods exist. No causal language.
Supporting tables and charts
23,970Care activity total (Mar 2026)
10Activity type rows
200Total RDY rows in extract
Mar 2026Latest publication month
Period: Latest month: Mar 2026 (Full extract: 8 months in trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv)
Care activities by type (Mar 2026)
| MEASURE_DESC | MEASURE_VALUE | MEASURE_VALUE_0_18 | MEASURE_VALUE_19_64 | MEASURE_VALUE_65_PLUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 9995 | 1120 | 3445 | 5430 |
| Clinical Intervention | 5955 | 1910 | 1645 | 2400 |
| Assessment | 4270 | 1395 | 1000 | 1875 |
| Counselling, Advice, Support | 1590 | 905 | 225 | 460 |
| Patient Specific Health Promotion | 620 | 300 | 205 | 110 |
| Health Visitor New Birth Visit | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Visitor Health Review (6-8 weeks) | 385 | 385 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Visitor Health Review (2-2.5 years) | 375 | 375 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Visitor Health Review (1 year) | 360 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Multidisciplinary Team Review | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
Care activities by type (RDY, Mar 2026)
Period: Mar 2026
Additional measure commentary
CSDS six-month trend summary
CSDS six-month trend summary
Descriptive six-month statistics from trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026).
| Measure | Latest | Previous period | Period-on-period change | CSDS six-month change | CSDS six-month avg | CSDS six-month high | CSDS six-month low | Trend reading | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSDS — Assessment (CareActivities) | 4,270 (Mar 2026) | 3,880 (Feb 2026) | +390 (+10.1%) | -1,740 (-29%) | 4,453.3 | 6,010 | 3,845 | Volatile | Activity counts reflect coded CSDS submissions — not unique patients. |
| CSDS — Clinical Intervention (CareActivities) | 5,955 (Mar 2026) | 5,700 (Feb 2026) | +255 (+4.5%) | -530 (-8.2%) | 6,005 | 6,485 | 5,415 | Falling | Largest activity type where numeric — confirm service scope locally. |
CSDS — Assessment (CareActivities) (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)
CSDS — Clinical Intervention (CareActivities) (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)
- Full trend extract contains 8 months — table above uses six-month window only.
- Provisional CSDS monthly data; ActivityType/CareActivities slice only.
- Trend describes direction of change only — not operational cause.
CSDS Assessment and Clinical Intervention trend detail
Trend analysis (from downloaded public time series)
Descriptive period-on-period change only — not causal. Figures may be provisional; suppression, rounding and definition changes may apply between months.
Source: trend_csds_activity_rdy.csv (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)
| Measure | Latest | Previous | Absolute_change | Percent_change | Periods_in_extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSDS — Assessment (CareActivities) | 4,270 (Mar 2026) | 3,880 (Feb 2026) | +390 | +10.1% | 8 |
| CSDS — Clinical Intervention (CareActivities) | 5,955 (Mar 2026) | 5,700 (Feb 2026) | +255 | +4.5% | 8 |
CSDS — Assessment (CareActivities) — monthly trend (descriptive)
CSDS — Clinical Intervention (CareActivities) — monthly trend (descriptive)
CSDS — Assessment (CareActivities): rolling mean across 8 months = 4,658.8 (descriptive only — not a performance target).
CSDS — Clinical Intervention (CareActivities): rolling mean across 8 months = 5,831.9 (descriptive only — not a performance target).
- Provisional CSDS monthly data; ActivityType/CareActivities slice only.
- Trend describes direction of change only — not operational cause.
Human review required: Confirm definitions, publication status and local owner sign-off before any operational use.
Care activities — Assessment Review locally
Care activities — Clinical Intervention Review locally