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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

    The authoritative source of national information relating to neonatal patient demographics, clinical interventions, diagnoses and outcomes.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 13 Jun 2022

  • Published standard

    A standard to share information between NHS 111 and other organisations, such as GPs and ambulance services, and query the Repeat Caller Service.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Engage with users of the NHS App - a simple and secure way for patients registered with a GP surgery in England to access a range of services on their smartphone or tablet.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    An interoperability standard between patient record systems that enables booking and referral information to be sent between NHS healthcare system providers quickly, safely and in a format that is useful to clinicians.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 13 Apr 2023

  • Published standard

    Uptake and activity data relating to NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care in England.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 May 2018

  • Published standard

    Standardised dictionary of medicines licensed in the United Kingdom for use in the NHS.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 7 Apr 2017

  • Published standard

    This guide is to be used across NHS England FHIR Release 4 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) when implementing Medicines.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Data on COVID-19 vaccination update in health care workers in NHS Trusts.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Sets out the scope and use of the NHS Number, the unique identifier for a patient within the NHS in England and Wales.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Sets out the scope and use of the NHS Number, the unique identifier for a patient within the NHS in England and Wales, in secondary care.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025