Care homes view of shared care records
Record the information that care home staff should see in a shared care record. Sharing this information between health and social care is critical to the wellbeing of people receiving care and to the professionals who care for them.
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- NHS England
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- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
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The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) were commissioned by NHS England to develop the following set of resources. These have been migrated into the NHS Standards Directory and will be managed by NHS England from 01 January 2026.
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Appointment / scheduling
- Care records
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Pharmacy, Medicines and Prescribing
- Referrals
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Mental health
- Social care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside:
- SNOMED CT
- FHIR
- electronic care systems both sending and receiving
- Related standards
Part of a wider set of national standards for sharing information between health and social care. This includes:
- About me
- Core Information Standard
- Hospital referral for assessment for community care and support
- Information provided by local authorities in shared care records
- DAPB4022: Personalised care and Support Plan
- Urgent transfer from care home to hospital standard
- DCB1605: Accessible Information
- DCB0160: Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems
- Dose Syntax API standards
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- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
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This standard is owned by NHS England and is made available for reuse or amendment under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL 3.0).
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Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL 3.0) https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
More information
Improving information sharing between health and social care is critical to professionals who care for people and the health and wellbeing of people themselves. The care homes view is the information from health (primary, secondary or community care) that care home staff should see in a shared care record.
The Care Homes View of Shared Care records is a guidance information model that provides a view of the Core Information Standard for staff working in care homes with and without nursing. It ensures that timely and relevant information about a patient’s care and treatment is accessible to staff working in care homes including registered professionals and unregistered persons. This guidance information model includes details about a person including their About me record, care plans, medications, hospital admission and discharge details, and current and previous diagnoses. This project supports NHS England’s interoperability efforts.
Benefits:- Enhances communication between health and social care and continuity of care.
- Ensures timely access by care home staff to a person’s relevant information.
- Supports integrated care across health and social care settings.
- a definition of the information from health and social care that residential and nursing homes need to see in a shared care record.
- two exemplar authorisation levels / ‘views’ for role-based access (RBAC) purposes within the care home setting were identified. These are discussed in the project materials but have not been validated for use. RBAC is the responsibility of the care home manager (nominated individual responsible for care home services).
- an information set that is readily interpretable by professionals in a variety of health and care settings and consistent with the PRSB Core Information Standard.
- defining information that residential and nursing homes might contribute to a shared care record or store in their own systems.
- use in domiciliary care, extra care or supported living.
- an exhaustive definition of all the items recorded by health and social care organisations in the UK that care homes may require to provide direct care.
The Care Homes View of Shared Care Records operates by ensuring that relevant information from health and social care that residential and nursing homes need to see is recorded and shared in a structured format as part of shared care records. This facilitates seamless communication and continuity of care across different health and care settings.
Page last updated: 18 December 2025