The DDS Pilot has now been running for 2 months and despite starting just before the Christmas holiday period the response from everyone involved has been very positive.
There are currently 13 accepted cases on the DDS which have all been submitted by the DYSCERNE Partners. Users have reported relatively few problems with the system and after the first time, case submission can take as little as 20 minutes if the case submitter has all the required information to hand.
For the 4 earliest accepted cases a preliminary DYSCERNE Expert Case Report has already been produced and sent to the Case Submitter. However as the DDS Pilot was extended on the 18th February 2009, to include the full DDS Expert Panel, these DYSCERNE Expert Case Reports will be updated at the end of the DDS pilot which will give all the DDS Experts the chance to offer their opinions on these cases.
The other 9 accepted cases are newer and following review by the full DDS Expert Panel we are hoping to produce the DYSCERNE Expert Case Reports for these cases within approximately 4 weeks of the date the case was accepted.