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Core Information Standard: Reports

Acknowledgements (page 2 of 27) in Final report (chapter 2 of 5) within Core Information Standard: Reports

The Professional Record Standards Body

The independent Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) was registered as a community interest company in May 2013 to oversee the further development and sustainability of professional record standards. Its stated purpose in its Articles of Association is: “to ensure that the requirements of those who provide and receive care can be fully expressed in the structure and content of health and social care records”. Establishment of the PRSB was recommended in a Department of Health Information Directorate working group report in 2012.

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Information and content © PRSB 2019

Professional Record Standards Body

7 - 14 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YR www.theprsb.org

Community Interest Company No 8540834

Revision History

Version Date Summary of Changes
1.0 10/07/19 Publication version
1.1 31/07/19 Changes following feedback
1.2 08/11/20 Minor changes to wording and addition of planned review date & route for user feedback, following comments from RCN as part of continued endorsement process.

Reviewers

This document was reviewed by the following people:

Reviewer name Title / Responsibility
PRSB Assurance Committee PRSB Assurance Committee
Helene Feger Director of strategy, communications and engagement, PRSB
Lorraine Foley CEO, PRSB
Martin Orton Director of Delivery & Development, PRSB
John Farenden Senior Programme Lead, Architecture Team, NHS England
Gareth Thomas Greater Manchester LHCR Clinical Lead, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia
Group Chief Clinical Information Officer
Senior Responsible Officer, Integrating Care Locally Programme

Approved by

This document has been approved by the following:

Name Date Version
Project Board 26/06/19 0.8
PRSB Assurance Committee 11/07/19 0.10

Glossary of Terms

Term / Abbreviation What it stands for
A&E Accident and Emergency
AoMRC Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
CCG Clinical Commissioning Groups
CCIO Chief Clinical Information Officer
CDGRS Clinical documentation and generic record standards
CIO Chief Information Officer
CPAG Clinical and Professional Advisory Group
CRO Clinical Responsible Officer
CSP Care and support plan. Used interchangeably with DCSP
DCB Data Coordination Board
DCSP Digital care and support plan. Used interchangeably with CSP
EHR Electronic Health Record
EPR Electronic Patient Record
ETTF Estates and Technology Transformation Fund
FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
GP General Practitioner
GPSoC GP System of Choice
HCPG Health and Care Professionals Group
HIG RCGP Health Informatics Group
HIU Health Informatics Unit (Royal College of Physicians)
HL7 Health Level 7
HLP Healthy London Partnership
HSSF Health and Systems Support Framework
ICR Integrated care record. Used interchangeably with IDCR
IDCR Integrated digital care record. Used interchangeably with ICR
LDR Local Digital Roadmap
LHCR Local Health and Care Record
Metadata A set of data that describes and gives information about other data
NIB National Information Board
NHS National Health Service
NHSCC NHS Clinical Commissioners
NHSD NHS Digital
NWL North West London
NWL CCGs North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups
PID Project Initiation Document
PRSB Professional Record Standards Body
R CGP Royal College of General Practitioners
RCN Royal College of Nursing
RCOT Royal College of Occupational Therapists
RCP Royal College of Physicians
SCR Summary Care Record
SNOMED-CT Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
SOCITM The Society for Information Technology Management
STP Sustainability and Transformation Plan
ToC Transfer of Care
WSIC Whole Systems Integrated Care

Planned Review Date and Route for User Feedback

The next maintenance review of this document is currently being planned and commissioned, but is likely to be in March 2021. This is subject to agreement with NHS Digital as the commissioning body. Please direct any comments or enquiries related to the project report and implementation of the standard to support@theprsb.org

Page last updated: 28 July 2026