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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.

  • Published standard

    The eDischarge Summary Standard enables hospitals to safely transfer standardised clinical information which can be extracted directly into GP IT systems, when a patient is discharged from hospital care.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Use these API standards to share medication requests between Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems and hospital pharmacy or stock control systems.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Sharing discharge information between Emergency Care and GP practices is essential for ensuring patient safety and good ongoing treatment.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 12 Oct 2023

  • 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: 12 Oct 2023

  • 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: 12 Oct 2023

  • Future standard

    Defines a set of Health Level Seven (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Release 4 (R4) profiles to support the exchange of genetic testing requests and results.

    Status: Draft in progress

    Date added: 17 Jun 2024

  • 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: 8 May 2024

  • 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: 8 May 2024

  • Published standard

    Feedback mechanism for NHS staff to help understand employee experience, and to support decision making and actions for improvement with the ambition of making the NHS the best place to work. Extended by DAPB July 2025.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 8 May 2024

  • Published standard

    Monitors written complaints received by NHS primary care providers, both GP and dental practices.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Mar 2024

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