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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

    Retrieve unstructured documents from a patient's GP practice record using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • 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: 2 Dec 2025

  • Future standard

    The 2020-21 Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) records details about safeguarding activity for adults aged 18 and over in England

    Status: Proposed

    Date published: 1 Apr 2021

  • Published standard

    Epilepsy is not recorded or shared consistently across health and care. This standard has been developed to address challenges by setting out a nationally agreed, structured approach to recording and sharing epilepsy related information.

    Status: Draft in progress

    Date added: 13 Jan 2026

  • Future standard

    Local government is responsible for a range of vital services for people and businesses in defined areas. Among them are well known functions such as social care, schools, housing and planning and waste collection, but also lesser known ones such as licensing, business support, registrar services and pest control.

    Status: Proposed

    Date published: 16 May 2019

  • Future standard

    The NHS Data Model and Dictionary provides a reference point for approved Information Standards Notices to support health care activities within the NHS in England. It has been developed for everyone who is actively involved in the collection of data and the management of information in the NHS.

    Status: Proposed

    Date published: 1 Mar 2022

  • Published standard

    Hospital admissions and critical care surveillance scheme for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), such as those caused by coronavirus and influenza.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 12 May 2023

  • Published standard

    API standards for a set of messaging components using Health Level Seven Version 2 ( HL7 V2) and Version 3 (HL7 V3).

    Status: Deprecated

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Assists the delivery of the Alcohol Dependence Programme, which includes service improvement for hospital Alcohol Care Teams supporting alcohol-dependent inpatients.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 28 Jan 2022

  • Future standard

    The Monthly Situation Report collects data on the total delayed days during the month for all patients delayed throughout the month.

    Status:

    Date published: 9 Jan 2020

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