Urgent transfer from care home to hospital
This is the information required for the care and support of a person when they are admitted to hospital from a care home in an emergency. This standard is part of a suite of social care standards by the PRSB.
About this standard
- Owner
- Professional Record Standards Body
- Status
- Active
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Active standards are stable, maintained and have been assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Standards in development are APIs or API standards in alpha or beta, meaning they are available for use but are still in progress and may change.
Deprecated standards are older versions of a standard which are being phased out.
Retired standards are not being maintained and should not be used.
- Standard type
- Record standards
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Record standards define what information to collect and how to format it, for example when registering a new patient.
Data definitions and terminologies define the format of individual data items so they can be consistently represented, for example dates or medication names. Reference sets and controlled lists are also included.
Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
Information codes of practice are legal or best practice guidelines on how information should be handled.
- Contact details
- support@theprsb.org
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- Documentation
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Referrals
- Demographics
- Key care information
- Prescribing
- Patient communication
- Information governance
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Social care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside SNOMED CT and FHIR and electronic systems both ends.
- Related standards
- Digital Social Care Standards
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- None - not legally mandated
- Quality assurance
- Not applicable
- Endorsements
- Not applicable
Page last updated: 22 November 2022