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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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- National Workforce Data Set
The National Workforce Data Set (NWD), which includes the NHS occupation codes, specifies the data standards to be used for NHS workforce information.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Oct 2021
- NHS Number
This information standard sets out the scope and use of the NHS Number, which is the unique identifier for a patient within the NHS in England and Wales. There is an overarching standard, supplemented by two use cases for how the standard should be used in general practice and secondary care
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Oct 2021
- OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures
OPCS-4 is a statistical classification for clinical coding of hospital interventions and procedures undertaken by the NHS. The classification is mandatory for use by health care providers to support various forms of data collections for secondary uses
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Oct 2021
- SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT is the information standard for clinical terminology; it is an international standard published by SNOMED International providing a global common language for health terms.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Oct 2021
- Sexual Orientation Monitoring
Sexual Orientation Monitoring is a new fundamental information standard which monitors the sexual orientation of service users.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Oct 2021