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Data Contained in the Human Services Dataset

Overview

The Human Services Dataset (HSDS) is a linked dataset that combines administrative, service use data from a range of NSW Government Departments. The latest version of the HSDS has data up to and including the 30th of June 2023. Within each NSW Government Department, individual datasets are grouped by directorate, program area, data collection and/or data custodian. Below is a list of our current datasets as they are grouped in the HSDS.

Data in HSDS 2023

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Family and Community Services

1.1 Child Protection and Out of Home Care

1.2 Housing (including public housing, Aboriginal housing and private rental assistance)

1.3 Programs (will be available in the 2024 HSDS)

1.4 Homelessness

1.5 Targeted Early Intervention

1.6 Family Connect and Support

1.7 Community Housing (will be available in the 2024 HSDS)

Justice

2.1 Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)

2.2 NSW Police Force

2.3 Youth Justice

NSW Department of Education

3.1 Student Enrolment

3.2 Student Attendance

3.3 Student Disability Support

3.4 Student Suspensions

3.5 Vocational Education and Training

NSW Department of Health*

4.1 Minimum Data Set Alcohol and Other Drugs

4.2 Ambulance Patient Health Care Record

4.3 Controlled Drugs Data Collection

4.4 Ambulance Electronic Medical Record

4.5 Perinatal Data Collection

4.6 Admitted Patient Data Collection

4.7 Emergency Department Data Collection

4.8 Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection

*Projects seeking to access any NSW Department of Health data will be required to obtain NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics Committee (PHSREC) ethics approval. Please contact FACSIAR at HSDS@dcj.nsw.gov.au for more information.

NSW Department of Customer Service

5.1 Revenue NSW

5.2 Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

NSW Education Standards Authority

A6 NAPLAN and ROSA

Legal Aid NSW

A7 Legal Aid

Data up to and including the 30th of June 2024 are currently being linked by the CHeReL. The anticipated release date of this version of the asset is early 2026. For more information, please contact FACSIAR at HSDS@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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