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Core information standard

The core information standard defines a set of information that can potentially be shared between systems in different sites and settings, among professionals and people using services.

The Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit is an online tool that enables relevant organisations to measure their performance against the data security and information governance requirements mandated by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Collects Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications received by local authorities to ensure that individuals who lack the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements for their care have the arrangements independently assessed.

Enables the interchange of monthly patient level device contract monitoring data in a uniform format to enable national consistency of the flow of cost and activity information from providers to commissioners.

Defines the information needed to support a person's diabetes management and care. The sub-set, the Diabetes Self-Management Information Standard, is included.

An information standard for maternity services, to ensure that maternity record information is consistently captured and as a result can be shared more easily across health care systems.

This is one of a set of standards introduced by NHS England, initially on a voluntary basis, to enable national consistency of the flow of cost and activity information from providers to commissioners.

eDischarge summary

The eDischarge Summary Standard enables hospitals to safely transfer standardised clinical information which can be extracted directly into GP IT systems, when a patient is discharged from hospital care.

The FGM-IS is a national IT system that supports the ongoing safeguarding of patients, under the age of 18, who have a family history of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Provides a generic system to identify medical device products used to diagnose, monitor, treat and prevent disease or injury.