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

  • Published standard

    Monitors the sexual orientation of service users aged 16 years and over. This covers all health services and Local Authorities with responsibilities for adult social care, to comply with the Equality Act 2010.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 5 Oct 2017

  • Published standard

    Tracks customer journeys through the social care system, starting with an initial request for support.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 17 Sep 2021

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    An international standard for clinical terminology published by SNOMED International and providing a global common language for health terms.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 2 Nov 2016

  • Published standard

    Enables social prescribing support provision to be recorded, amended and maintained collaboratively between patients, link workers and health and care professionals.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 16 Jan 2023

  • Published standard

    Underpins the development, maintenance and publication of the UK Core Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 Mar 2022

  • Published standard

    A catalogue of the UK naming Uniform Resource Locators which act as a well known "name" for the type of another concept, such as an NHS Number or a SNOMED CT code.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 24 Oct 2023

  • Published standard

    Care record standard to carry the information required for the care and support of a person when they are admitted to hospital from a care home in an emergency.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 1 Nov 2019

  • Published standard

    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

    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

  • Published standard

    Gives a framework for clinicians to record the clinical assessment, observations and treatments given.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 10 Nov 2023