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

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  • Published standard

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

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

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

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • 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: 28 Nov 2025

  • 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: 28 Nov 2025

  • Future standard

    The main goal for the PCDS is to ensure consistency, improve interoperability and increase efficiency across GP systems for a migration.

    Status: Draft in progress

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Built in the NHS Spine to enable health and care professionals to record, share and view details of Reasonable Adjustments required for individuals across the NHS.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 12 Sep 2023

  • Published standard

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

    Status: Active

    Date published: 9 Jan 2020

  • Published standard

    Become a Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) giving access to a patient's Summary Care Record (SCR) using our SMSP API standards.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Establishes consistency in the creation and issue of transfer of care acute inpatient discharge documents from acute trusts to GP Practice systems.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 3 Feb 2022

  • Published standard

    Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support an emergency care discharge using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

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