The Adult Social Care Data Dictionary is intended for use by all users of adult social care data and those who provide data to NHS Digital. Data dictionaries work in the same way as normal dictionaries, but they contain information about data items. This document replaces the Equalities and Classifications Framework (EQ-CL) and is intended for use alongside the detailed guidance documents for the Adult Social Care Collections, which are available here: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections