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Hospital referral for assessment for community care and support

The Hospital referral for assessment for community care and support is the information required when a person is referred for ongoing community assessment after a hospital stay. This standard is part of a suite of social care standards by the PRSB

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
  • Patient communication
  • Information governance
  • Tests and diagnostics
Care setting
  • Community health
  • Hospital
  • GP / Primary care
  • Social 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
  • Assessment, Discharge and Withdrawal Notices Information Standard (ADW)
  • Discharge to Assess (D2A)
  • Local health and care record (LHCR)
  • Care Act 2014
  • Core information standard
  • Urgent transfer from care home to hospital

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:

  • British Association for Music Therapy
  • British Dietetic Association
  • British Geriatrics Society
  • British Psychological Society
  • Care Provider Alliance
  • Care Software Providers Association (CASPA)
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Compassion in Dying
  • Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
  • Institute of Health Records and Information Management
  • Local Government Association
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal College of Occupational Therapists
  • Royal College of Physicians
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Page last updated: 22 November 2022