Emergency care discharge
Sharing discharge information between Emergency Care and GP practices is essential for ensuring patient safety and good ongoing treatment
About this standard
- Owner
- Professional Record Standards Body
- Status
- Active
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Active standards are stable, maintained and have been assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Standards in development are APIs or API standards in alpha or beta, meaning they are available for use but are still in progress and may change.
Deprecated standards are older versions of a standard which are being phased out.
Retired standards are not being maintained and should not be used.
- Standard type
- Record standards
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Record standards define what information to collect and how to format it, for example when registering a new patient.
Data definitions and terminologies define the format of individual data items so they can be consistently represented, for example dates or medication names. Reference sets and controlled lists are also included.
Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
Information codes of practice are legal or best practice guidelines on how information should be handled.
- Contact details
- support@theprsb.org
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Referrals
- Demographics
- Key care information
- Prescribing
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- GP / Primary care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside SNOMED CT, FHIR and electronic systems both ends
- Related standards
This standard relates to the group of standards by the PRSB known as the transfers of care standards. It's also related to the NHS Accessible Information Standard
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- None - not legally mandated
- Quality assurance
- Not applicable
- Endorsements
This standard has been endorsed by the following organisations:
- ADASS – Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Care Providers Alliance
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Royal College of Radiologists
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Institute of Health Records and Information Management
- Tech UK
Page last updated: 22 November 2022