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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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    A care record standard to hold key local authority data about individuals for sharing with health and care professionals providing care and support in hospital, at home or in a care home.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

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    A comprehensive classification of causes of morbidity and mortality which is published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

    Status: Active

    Date published: 18 Sep 2015

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    A care record standard for information sharing so professionals can provide continuity of care when an adult is discharged from mental health services.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

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    Transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations using the Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

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    Collects person level, patient identifiable data from drug and alcohol treatment providers at a national level.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 Jan 2024

  • Published standard

    Enables the sharing of specific health information about a patient in near real-time.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    The Palliative and End of Life Care Standard ensures professionals and individuals have the right information to support decision making and aligns with the Universal Principles for Advance Care Planning.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Nov 2025

  • 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

    Provides patient level detail as one of a set of standards introduced by NHS England to enable national consistency of the flow of cost and activity information from providers to commissioners.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 8 Apr 2021

  • Published standard

    This survey asks service users questions about quality of life and what impact care and support services have on their quality of life.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 9 Jun 2023