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Discover recognised published standards that help data work together for users in health and adult social care within England.

  • Published standard

    This standard supports the Booking and Referral Standard programme (BaRS). The standard defines the information that should be shared from 111 or 999 services when a person is referred onto another service.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

  • Published standard

    Record the most important details that a person wants to share with professionals in health and social care, for example how best to communicate with the person, how to help them feel at ease or details about how they like to take their medication.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 2 Dec 2025

  • Published standard

    Details the vaccination coverage for the secondary school-setting national immunisation programmes for human papillomavirus (HPV), tetanus/low dose diphtheria/inactivated polio (Td/IPV) and meningococcal bacteria A, C, W and Y (MenACWY).

    Status: Active

    Date published: 25 Aug 2022

  • Published standard

    Enables key aspects of the provision of adult social care services across England to be assessed at both national and local level.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 6 Apr 2023

  • Published standard

    Collects information on the Deferred Payment Agreements (DPAs) that Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) have arranged with clients to help with the payment of the costs of their care.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 17 Sep 2021

  • Published standard

    Ensures a consistent baseline recording of direct care data by Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered adult social care providers.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 15 Apr 2024

  • Published standard

    The Adult Social Care Record Minimum Operational Data Standard (MODS) exists to ensure a consistent baseline record of direct care data by CQC registered adult social care providers.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 31 Mar 2025

  • Published standard

    Enables the interchange of monthly aggregate contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare in a uniform format.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 14 Mar 2025

  • Published standard

    Assists the delivery of the Alcohol Dependence Programme, which includes service improvement for hospital Alcohol Care Teams supporting alcohol-dependent inpatients.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 28 Jan 2022

  • Published standard

    This standard sets out the rules for an end to end, patient level data set that captures data relating to patient details, NHS CHC eligibility, activity, reviews and care.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 20 Aug 2024