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Discover recognised published standards that help data work together for users in health and adult social care within England.

  • Published standard

    Mandates the collection of contraceptive activity data from sexual and reproductive health services.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 29 Jun 2017

  • Published standard

    Monitors the sexual orientation of service users aged 16 years and over. This covers all health services and Local Authorities with responsibilities for adult social care, to comply with the Equality Act 2010.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 5 Oct 2017

  • Published standard

    An international standard for clinical terminology published by SNOMED International and providing a global common language for health terms.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 2 Nov 2016

  • Published standard

    Enables social prescribing support provision to be recorded, amended and maintained collaboratively between patients, link workers and health and care professionals.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 16 Jan 2023

  • Published standard

    Supports NHS England’s commitment to reduce the sales of all sugar-sweetened drinks on all NHS trust premises.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 14 Apr 2020

  • Published standard

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to a patient's Summary Care Record (SCR) using our SMSP API standards.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Enables the national reporting of activity relating to surgical devices and implants in health care settings.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 3 Feb 2022

  • Published standard

    Supports the national surveillance programme managed by Public Health England in respect of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI).

    Status: Active

    Date published: 20 Dec 2017

  • Published standard

    Captures activity data relating to the treatment of cancer with medicines.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 6 Dec 2018

  • Published standard

    Supports the delivery of tobacco dependence treatment by monitoring service activity and outcomes for service users and identifies the anticipated impact on addressing health inequalities.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 28 Jan 2022