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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

    Retired by the DAPB 15/07/2025 Feedback tool to support the fundamental principle that NHS service users should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Feedback tool to support the fundamental principle that NHS service users should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Data Set requires organisations to record, collect and return detailed information about FGM within the patient population, as treated by the NHS in England.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Apr 2015

  • Published standard

    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).

    Status: Active

    Date published: 6 Mar 2020

  • Published standard

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to female genital mutilation (FGM) information for children under 18 to relevant NHS professionals across England, using Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing (FGM-IS) SMSP API standards.

    Status: Deprecated

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Collects information relating to the costs of providing, maintaining and servicing the NHS estate of all NHS organisations in England providing NHS-funded secondary care.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 4 Apr 2022

  • Published standard

    Pass details of a new eye care referral from an Optometry Patient Management System (Optometry PMS) to an Eyecare Electronic Referral System (EeRS).

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    API standards to enable sharing and updating of digital end of life care (EoLC) records.

    Status: In_development

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) is the Commissioning Data Set (CDS) Type for emergency care services.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 10 Jan 2023

  • Published standard

    Allows doctors to give more information to patients about the functional effects of their health condition on their fitness for work, to help people return to work if appropriate.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Mar 2023