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PRSB standards

PRSB record standards exist to support the safe and efficient exchange of information across health and care services. They set out what information should be recorded about a person and shared between services to ensure seamless, joined-up care. Built for use in IT systems, the standards are flexible and can be implemented in any system used locally.

Our suite of standards can be viewed in the table below: 

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Standards support and feedback

We record all support issues, queries, and suggestions for improving our standards in our support hub and you can view them directly on our website.

To check the status of a request—or to explore other open or completed queries—visit our live log using the link below.

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Standards release schedule

Stay up to date with our latest developments. This schedule highlights planned changes to existing standards and key publication dates for Information Standards Notices (ISNs).

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Standards Release Policy

Defines our policy for standard updates.

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Support desk

Are you implementing our standards and need advice? Do you have a question about one of our standards? Visit our support page to find out how we can help.

Successful teams have the functional skills to lead a task, benefit from diversity, and are led in a way that creates time and space for reflection; the ability to take stock periodically, of the task and of the way in which the team is engaged in delivering it. Your stakeholder analysis [HYPERLINK] should help you assemble the most appropriate team and identify how the team interacts and relates to other stakeholders like sponsors, services users, etc.

The variation in the size, both in terms of population served and numbers of constituent organisations, and of complexity, between Integrated Care Systems, precludes the possibility of any prescriptive guidance on the way in which this team is assembled.

Engeström’s expansive learning cycle of learning actions explains how there are 7 stages of learning actions;

“If someone’s been working for a period of time, in a form of therapy, for instance, where there’s an agreed plan for the locality when they may present in an emergency situation … then it’s really important for us to be able to see that that information and be able to act appropriately according to that because, you know, there isn’t and there shouldn’t be a stock response to that. These plans are designed to be individualised and personalised.  All services should be giving that personalised approach to care wherever possible. And a standard such as [PCSP standard] definitely moves us closer towards being able to do that. [Not acting on agreed plans] is a key finding in terms of emergency responses over the years where responses have been inappropriate.” – Mental Health Nurse

“Following a particular plan that’s been put into place will result in much better outcomes and prevent the sort of poor outcome which would otherwise be leading to an unplanned hospital admission.” – General Practitioner