Information provided by local authorities in shared care records
A care record standard to hold key local authority data about individuals for sharing with health and care professionals providing care and support in hospital, at home or in a care home.
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About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Information standards
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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.standards.assurance@nhs.net
Using this standard
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) were commissioned by NHS England to develop the following set of resources. These have been migrated into the NHS Standards Directory and will be managed by NHS England from 01 January 2026.
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- Summarises the hazards which could result from implementing the standard.
- Details the potential hazards from implementing the standard with their risk rating and mitigation.
- Describes the purpose, methodology and stakeholder engagement for developing the standard, along with the findings and recommendations for further work.
- Includes general implementation guidance.
- Survey report detailing findings from the consultation phase of the project.
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Referrals
- Care setting
- Home
- Hospital
- Social care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies.
- Related standards
- Core information standard
- Local health and care record (LHCR)
Review Information
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
Legal basis
- Licence information
NHS England permits the copying and re-use of Information Standards, in whole or in part, for commercial and non-commercial purposes but, to protect the integrity of the Information Standards, you are not permitted to adapt, amend or decompile the Information Standards for any purpose without our prior consent.
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More information
Improving information sharing between health and social care is critical to professionals who care for people and the health and wellbeing of people themselves.
The information provided by local authorities in shared care records is the important details that the local authority holds about people that would be useful for health and care professionals in providing care and support in hospital, at home or in a care home.
About this standardThis standard is designed to improve communication between local authorities and healthcare providers. It supports healthcare providers to identify a person’s responsible local authority and makes sure that timely and relevant information about a person held by the local authority is accessible to healthcare professionals in primary, secondary and community care.
This standard includes details of the person’s local authority, services and care packages, safeguarding and legal information, primary support reason, equipment and adaptations and assessments undertaken and other local authority held information relevant to direct care. This project supports NHS England’s interoperability efforts and is part of a wider set of standards, originally published in November 2020, created for sharing information between health and social care and drawing on the learning from successful local projects to speed up national roll out and adoption.
Summary of benefits:- Enhances timely professional access to clinically relevant local authority information, such as care packages, primary support reason, safeguarding, personal/ professional contacts and equipment, to support direct clinical care and reducing the burden on the person to tell their story more than once.
- Supports integrated care across health and social care settings.
- A definition of the information held by local authorities that healthcare professionals need to see in a shared care record to support direct clinical care
- Use as a blueprint for individual local authorities to use as a minimum data set and add to, if necessary, to meet local requirements
- Information about the person contributed from healthcare to shared care records of interest to local authorities
- Information about the person not held by local authorities
- An exhaustive definition of all the items recorded by local authorities in the UK relating to health and social care
The Information Provided by Local Authorities in Shared Care Records standard operates by ensuring that all relevant information is recorded and shared in a structured format. This facilitates seamless communication and continuity of care across different health and social care settings.
Page last updated: 18 December 2025