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

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    Data on the number of urgent operations cancelled, critical care capacity, including adult, paediatric and neonatal available and occupied critical care beds.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Collects the total number of attendances in the specified period for all Accident and Emergency (A&E) types and the number discharged, admitted or transferred within four hours of arrival.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 Dec 2020

  • Published standard

    Collects data which is used to monitor NHS providers' compliance with the government's operational standards for ensuring that cancer services are delivered to patients in a timely manner.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 2 Apr 2020

  • Published standard

    Data from NHS trusts about X-Rays, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 4 Nov 2021

  • Published standard

    An organisational survey that collects information from all specialist services across the National Diabetes Audit programme.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Enables diabetes footcare services which treat diabetic foot ulcers to measure performance against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines and peer units.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Snapshot of diabetes inpatient care in England and Wales, collected from hospitals with medical and surgical units.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Records the details of diabetic inpatients who have Hypoglycaemia harm, Diabetic Keto Acidosis (DKA), Hyperglycaemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS) or Diabetic foot ulcer diabetic complications.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Collects person level, patient identifiable data from drug and alcohol treatment providers at a national level.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 11 Jan 2024

  • Published standard

    API standards to enable sharing of patients' vital signs and National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) scores between systems and across care boundaries, using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.

    Status: Deprecated

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025