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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

    Covers information on outpatient activity to support the recovery of elective care services from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 6 Jul 2023

  • Published standard

    Data about the employment of public health specialists across local authorities, NHS organisations and academic institutions.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 3 Oct 2019

  • Published standard

    Guidance for public bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeship target.

    Status: Active

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Inpatient and outpatient activity and referrals submitted by Acute Trusts

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Data on patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests submitted by Acute Trusts.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Monitors the number of elective operations across the NHS cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 18 Jan 2018

  • Published standard

    Providers of NHS-funded radiotherapy services are required to submit a monthly return on their delivery of radiotherapy treatments.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 20 Jul 2021

  • Published standard

    A coded thesaurus of clinical terms, which are the basic means by which clinicians record patient findings and procedures in health and social care IT systems.

    Status: Retired

    Date published: 17 Dec 2014

  • Published standard

    A coded thesaurus of clinical terms, which are the basic means by which clinicians record patient findings and procedures in health and social care IT systems.

    Status: Retired

    Date added: 28 Nov 2025

  • Published standard

    Built in the NHS Spine to enable health and care professionals to record, share and view details of Reasonable Adjustments required for individuals across the NHS.

    Status: Active

    Date published: 12 Sep 2023