Join PRSBās Professional Network dedicated to the development and adoption of standards
PRSB is further extending our engagement with health and care professionals and looking to increase the variety of professionals involved in our work. We launched theĀ PRSB Professional NetworkĀ in 2022, as a community of interest and place of mutual learning on information standards, interoperability and digital transformation and would like to extend an invitation to individuals […]
Shared decision-making standard goes LIVE
Shared decision-making is at the heart of good care. In order to make good decisions about care and treatment, health and care professionals need time to discuss peopleāsĀ needs and wishes, and people using services need information about their options and the time and support to decide what care decision is best for them.Ā PRSB has […]
Fixing the plumbing is only half the story of getting information flowing across health and careĀ
For too long we have assumed that if we just get the right kit in the NHS and social care our problems of getting one computer to talk to another would be solved. Unfortunately the interoperability solution that has evaded health and care for so long isnāt simply a matter of plumbing in the tech […]
Leading healthcare technology provider, TPP, enrols on to the PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme
PRSB welcomes clinical software supplier, TPP, to its Standards Partnership Scheme, as the latest organisation to commit to improving information sharing for health and care through adoption of standards. For TPP, partnering with PRSB as an authority on standards for digital information sharing in health and care was the right move. TPPās ambition is to […]
The benefits of the Standards Partnership Scheme
everyLIFE Technologies’ Chief Information and Compliance Officer, Taffy Gatawa, spoke at PRSB’s February partner event on the company’s conformance assessment journey and the many benefits and lessons learned along the way. Listen below to Taffy’s talk on how undertaking the scheme’s conformance process for PRSB’s About Me and Digital Care and Support Plan has improved […]
Review period for updated version of UK Core (0.3.0 Pre-Release) following Sprint 4 of Clinical and Technical Assurance
A review period for the updated version of UK Core (0.3.0 Pre-Release) is running from the 27th January to the 10th February 2022 and HL7 UK and NHS Digital are looking for your views on the changes made to Sprint 4. Following necessary adjustments and changes resulting from the review, (0.3.0 Pre-Release) will become version […]
Mala Bridgelal-Ram
It is with much sadness that we report on the passing of Mala Bridgelal-Ram in late December 2021 of illness not related to Covid. Mala was instrumental in the founding of PRSB and worked tirelessly to establish the organisation from setting up the business management to getting key stakeholders involved and building our website. Mala […]
Advisory Board update
Members heard from a variety of exciting speakers at the most recent Advisory Board meeting, and great enthusiasm was expressed for PRSBās 2022 work programme. PRSB was delighted to welcome Simon Bolton, Chief Information Officer at NHS England & Improvement, who gave a comprehensive overview of the events and actions of the last 12 months […]
PRSB updates its Community Pharmacy Standard
PRSB has published an update to their 2018 Community Pharmacy Standard. The standard allows community pharmacies to digitally record and share vital information about a personās care with their GP and other services. The standard covers 13 pharmacy services including vaccine administration and emergency supply of medication, and the new update consolidates these services and […]
PRSB strengthens its Board with two new non-executive directors with social care and technology expertise
PRSB is pleased to announce the appointment, with immediate effect, of two new non-executive directors, Claire Sutton and Charlie McCay, who bring expertise in social care, digital transformation and health and care technology to PRSBās Board. Claire Sutton is a Registered Nurse (Adult) and the digital transformation lead at The National Care Forum, where she […]