NICE and the PRSB working together
The PRSB sits down with Alexia Tonnel, Director, Evidence Resources for The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), to discuss the developing relationship between the two organisations. What do you think are the key links between PRSB and NICE? Both of our organisations are committed to ensuring better and safer care for patients, […]
Document naming standard survey now open
The PRSB would like to invite you to participate in a survey to help us develop a standard for naming documents, to ensure they are indexed properly and can be navigated quickly and safely. As the volume of digital data used in health and care continues to increase, it may be held in several different […]
New standards for maternity records
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) is seeking views from women who use maternity services, parents, health and care professionals and industry representatives on what clinical information should be recorded and shared in maternity records. Your participation in this survey will help us develop a standard for the clinical and care information that should be […]
New innovation to improve child health information
An innovative way to share important information about a child’s health has been launched today and will support the prevention of childhood illness, improve health and wellbeing and involve parents more closely in their children’s care and development. The information standards will make it possible for children to receive appropriate care by setting out what […]
PRSB publishes new standard for sharing child health information
Every child deserves a great start in life and the PRSB’s new standard for recording child health events will help professionals to achieve this, by ensuring that everyone involved in a child’s care has access to the right information. Part of the Healthy Child Programme to improve the health of children and prevent illness, the […]
The PRSB boosts presence in Scotland
The PRSB met with senior clinicians and Scottish government officials in Edinburgh’s historic General Register House, the oldest public record archive in the British Isles, to discuss closer working across the four nations. Lorraine Foley, CEO, and Helene Feger, director of strategy and communications, met with clinical leads and managers from Scottish Government, National Services […]
PRSB appoints new Chair
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has announced the appointment of Professor Maureen Baker CBE as chair of the organisation. The PRSB sets professional standards for the content of health and care records to improve the quality and safety of patient care. Professor Baker is immediate past chair of the Royal College of GPs and […]
Putting pharmacy information sharing into action
Spotlight on Wales: Sharing information on patient medications with community pharmacists after hospital discharge is helping to improve care, according to NHS Wales Informatics Service. Following the implementation of the e-discharge summary standard, many hospitals are sharing specific discharge information on medications with community pharmacists, provided they have the patient’s permission. This means that pharmacists […]
“Information sharing with pharmacists leads to safer care”
This month we have spoken to Stephen Goundrey-Smith, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) informatics advisor and PRSB advisory board member, about the challenges of information sharing in pharmacy. What challenges does the pharmacy profession face? At present, there are around 11-12,000 community pharmacies in England, and some 54,000 pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales. While […]
“The digital revolution is here and we must embrace it”
Keith McNeil, chief clinical information officer for health and social care talks to the PRSB about why setting standards are essential to the digital health strategy Q: What is your vision for digital health and care and what is your role as CCIO? The vision is to join up all the information available and to collect it in […]