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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

    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

    Providers of NHS-funded radiotherapy services are required to submit a monthly return on their delivery of radiotherapy treatments.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 20 Jul 2021

  • Published standard

    Defines the minimum non-functional requirements for a secure email service

    Status: Active

    Date published: 9 Jan 2020

  • Published standard

    Receive notifications about changes to a patient's demographic details, including birth, death, change of address and change of GP using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Allows the sharing of care plans between patients, carers and all involved health and care professionals.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 22 Dec 2021

  • Published standard

    Part of a set of two collections for patient-level costing, to provide a consistent approach to reporting cost information at patient level.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Part of a set of two collections for patient-level costing, which provide a consistent approach to reporting cost information at patient level.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to patients' personal information, such as name, address, date of birth, related people, registered GP and NHS number, using our Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) API standards.

    Status: Deprecated

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Forms the basis of sharing pathology test requests and results for all of England.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    A specification for the clear and unambiguous display of patient information on an NHS patient identity band.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023