Primary Care Data Standard
The main goal for the PCDS is to ensure consistency, improve interoperability and increase efficiency across GP systems for a migration.
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About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- PCDS
- Reference code
- 12345
- Status
- Draft in progress
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- Standard type
- Information standards
- Technical standards and specifications
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Contact point
england.dmsteam@nhs.net
Link to standard
- Applies to
- All Suppliers of GP EPR Systems
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this standard impacts all GP system suppliers, both incumbent and new market entrants
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Interoperability
- Care setting
- GP / Primary care
Page last updated: 01 December 2025