Core information standard: CORE INFORMATION STANDARD IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE

The term ‘role’ has been consistently used rather than ‘designation’ throughout the standard to apply to the role the professional had in a particular activity. Role is the term used in the NHS data dictionary. We have used the term ‘organisational role’ to mean the role the professional has in the organisation they work for.

Some clusters such as referrer details have elements for one or more of specialty, team, service and department. This is to allow for all situations across health and care where different terms are required. Where possible specialty and service should be used and coded as detailed in the value set for the element.