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Use this directory to find nationally recognised data standards for use in health and adult social care.

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  • Diabetes Record Information Standard

    The Diabetes Record Information Standard defines the information needed to support a person’s diabetes management and care. This incorporates data which could be recorded by health and care professionals, or the person themselves, for the purpose of sharing between different care providers. The sub-set, the Diabetes Self-Management Information Standard, is included.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Apr 2023

  • Social Prescribing Information Standard

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

    Status: Active

    Date added: 6 Mar 2023

  • Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN)

    The Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) provides a generic system to identify medical device products used to diagnose, monitor, treat and prevent disease or injury.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Feb 2023

  • Cervical Screening - EDIFACT

    Send cervical screening test results from the screening system to GP practices using the Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (EDIFACT) standard.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 10 Dec 2022

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set

    The Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) mandates the collection of contraceptive activity data from sexual and reproductive health services.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022

  • Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Data Set

    The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Data Set requires organisations to record, collect and return detailed information about FGM within the patient population, as treated by the NHS in England.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022

  • Chlamydia Testing Activity Data Set

    This data set aims to enable comprehensive collection of robust data from laboratories on all chlamydia testing carried out in England, in order to estimate population screening coverage rates at local level.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022

  • GUMCAD STI Surveillance System

    Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCAD) is the mandatory surveillance system for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022

  • Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly

    The COVER (Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly) surveillance scheme evaluates the childhood immunisation programme in England, collating data for children aged 1, 2 and 5.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022

  • Data Security and Protection Toolkit

    The Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit is an online tool that enables relevant organisations to measure their performance against the data security and information governance requirements mandated by the Department of Health and Social Care, notably the 10 data security standards set by the National Data Guardian.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 13 Jun 2022