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Discover recognised published standards that help data work together for users in health and adult social care within England.

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    Record the most important details that a person wants to share with professionals in health and social care, for example how best to communicate with the person, how to help them feel at ease or details about how they like to take their medication.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

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    This standard supports the Booking and Referral Standard programme (BaRS). The standard defines the information that should be shared from 111 or 999 services when a person is referred onto another service.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

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    Measures progress against a number of indicators of workforce equality, including a specific indicator to address the low numbers of Black, Minority and other Ethnic category board members across the organisation by ethnicity.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

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    A set of ten specific measures (metrics) which enables NHS organisations to compare the workplace and career experiences of disabled and non-disabled staff.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Collects data on waiting times and activity for 15 key diagnostic tests and procedures.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 4 May 2020

  • Published standard

    These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities, are an international standard and ensure your website or mobile app will meet public sector accessibility legal requirements.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 5 Oct 2023

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    Survey which aims to understand the landscape of volunteering in NHS Trusts.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

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    A new patient level minimum data set for Virtual Wards which can be collected daily. The data set collects data on Virtual Ward service provision, capacity, utilisation and basic operational data flows of patients through the services.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 4 Feb 2026

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    Contains information on virtual ward services in each Integrated Care Board (ICB) In England and at a national level.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 Jan 2022

  • Published standard

    Quantifies the numbers and proportion of inpatient hospital admissions, aged 16 and over, who are being risk assessed for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).

    Status: Active

    Date published: 18 Oct 2018