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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

    This information standard provides for a consistent approach to identity management across digital health and care services, covering verification and authentication.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 16 Apr 2025

  • Published standard

    Monitors the extent of written complaints received across hospital and community health services by service area, profession and type.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 6 Jul 2023

  • Published standard

    A data set that underpins national HIV surveillance.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 31 Oct 2016

  • Published standard

    Develops a standard for Healthcare Resource Groups as groupings of clinically similar treatments which use comparable levels of healthcare resource.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Aug 2008

  • Published standard

    The Healthcare Operational Data Flows (HODF): Acute Data Set provides an automated patient-based daily data collection to support NHS delivery plans for the recovery of elective care and emergency and urgent care.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 18 Jun 2024

  • Published standard

    Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 30 Oct 2019

  • Published standard

    This International standard defines a system of concepts for different aspects of the provision of healthcare.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Jan 2015

  • Published standard

    This document defines the core data set for a patient summary document that supports continuity of care for a person and coordination of their healthcare.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Jan 2021

  • Published standard

    Provides reference data about the Organisations that comprise the health and social care services, including non-direct-care Organisations, primarily in England but also in the other UK-constituent countries.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 8 Jun 2022

  • Published standard

    A national initiative to provide Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between national health applications and GP Practices operating throughout England and Wales.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025