PRSB seeks support for next stage of shared decision-making work
PRSB was delighted that 130 people took part in our online workshop to discuss what information should be recorded in a person’s care records when discussing treatment options, preferences and concerns. Known as shared decision making, this is fundamental to ensuring care is centred on a person’s treatment needs and goals whether it’s for cancer, […]
Standard in action: What’s next for social care?
NHSX aims to ensure standards are fit for purpose and widely adopted so that health and care information can be shared digitally across systems to support better care. PRSB has been asked to support the strategy to drive this work forward and we are having a rich and stimulating series of discussions with professionals and […]
PRSB to define new nursing standard requirements
Nurses are a crucial part of care across a wide range of sectors, with patients and other professionals often reliant on their expertise. That’s why the PRSB has been asked by NHSx to determine what’s needed from a new nursing standard for use across all the different health and social care settings. The standard will aim to improve quality and safety of […]
Catch up online: Health and Care Plus
This month we discussed how standards are working in action at Health Plus Care Online. You can find a list of sessions below: Reimagining innovation and delivery Sam Bergin Goncalves, citizen lead on the PRSB’s social care project, and Professor Adam Gordon, president elect of British Geriatrics Society, discussed the publication and implementation of new […]
How the new Standards Partnership Scheme will improve the drive for health and care data
Blog: How the new Standards Partnership Scheme will improve the drive for health and care data Prof Maureen Baker, Chair of the PRSB “Since the pandemic began, many countries have struggled to provide data in near real-time in order to act swiftly to combat the virus. The recent WHO SCORE report estimated that while 60% of the participating countries […]
PRSB launches new supplier scheme to support integrated care
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has launched the Standards Partnership Scheme to visibly recognise and support vendors across the UK that are implementing professionally endorsed record standards to improve and integrate care through interoperability. The scheme, which is supported by NHS and social care system leaders, enables Partners to send a strong signal to customers […]
PRSB pays tribute to Dr Julian Costello
We were deeply saddened to hear that our advisory board colleague, Dr Julian Costello, passed away recently following a non-covid related illness. A hardworking and committed member of the Professional Record Standards Body since its inception, Julian was one of the early pioneers of informatics, introducing computers to his GP practice in the 1980s. He […]
In action: Pathfinder reaps the benefits of social care standards
NHS South West London CCG is putting into practice the standard it developed with PRSB for sharing information for an urgent referral from a care home to hospital. This work was part of NHS Digital’s social care pathfinder programme and PRSB published several new social care standards to support the pathfinders’ work. Previously shared in a physical “Red Bag”, the standard covers the information that needs to be shared from a care home to a hospital in an urgent situation, […]
Patient and People Network to highlight individual needs first
Self-care, self-management, illness prevention and personal goals are a vital part of wellbeing for many patients and carers. That’s why the PRSB is building a Patient and People Network, in order to support them in influencing the information that is prioritised for care and decide how it’s shared. Covid has changed health and care priorities permanently and we know that digital is […]
Calling all FHIR enthusiasts
The PRSB is working with NHS Digital to provide clinical assurance on the UK’s ‘core FHIR profiles’, which are the technical standards (based on the PRSB standards) that support the sharing of patient information between different computer systems. The goal is to ensure that the right clinical information can be shared between systems in the NHS and social […]