PRSB News & Insights

Spotlight on Diabetes

Diabetes Week 2025 took place from 9–15 June, raising awareness of the issues that matter most to people with diabetes and shining a light on what it’s like to live with the condition day in, day out.

We took the opportunity to reflect on some of our recent work to support better care and information sharing for people living with the condition.

Diabetes standard

Health and care professionals need timely access to information about a person with diabetes and the data from the medical devices they are using to enable them to provide the best advice and support. This standard supports information sharing between people and professionals across all care settings, including self management data such as continuous glucose monitors.

Digibete uses PRSB standard in app

Young people with Type 1 diabetes are helping to shape how their health information is recorded and shared, through a pilot by DigiBete using the PRSB Diabetes Standard. The project tested the standard in the DigiBete app, which supports families in managing diabetes day to day.

Standardising diabetes care

The key to safer, more streamlined care? A standardised, digital system where all those involved in a person’s care, including the person themselves, can access and contribute up-to-date information. Watch our short film below.

Take part in our short survey

The NHS is working to simplify how health and care data is organised through the new NHS Canonical Data Model (CDM), creating one consistent way to record and share information. This will make data more accurate and easier to use across the system.

PRSB is gathering feedback on how well the current CDM supports reporting in two areas: theatre productivity and equipment provision and we are inviting you to take part in one or both of our short anonymous surveys to share your views.

Please feel free to forward this to colleagues who might be interested. The surveys close on 11 July 2025. 

Upcoming events

We’ve got a busy calendar of events to share with you in July. Our next Advisory Board meeting is taking place on 16 July, and we’d like you to save the date for our AGM in October. We’re also planning a range of partner and member events, starting with two lunchtime events focused on AI and preventative healthcare.

AI in Healthcare

Join us online on 17th July for AI in Healthcare, exploring how ambient AI and high-quality data are transforming patient care. Discover the latest insights on harnessing AI to improve health outcomes.

How can we move from ilness to prevention?
Join us on 22 July for a lunchtime discussion about the role of data and the digitisation of illness prevention.

AGM - Save the date!

Our online AGM will take place this year on 2nd October 2025 from 12-1:30pm. Further details, including speakers and agenda, will be shared soon.

Partner news

We're pleased to welcome three new partners to PRSB this month: AnchorApp, CareFree, and Health Connect. We look forward to supporting their work and strengthening the use of standards across health and care.

"We joined as a PRSB Partner to demonstrate our credibility and commitment to high standards in delivering technology for the care sector"

PRSB caught up with Health Connect to learn more about their organisation and their hopes for working with PRSB.

Spotlight on About Me

This July, we’re shining a spotlight on the About Me Standard, and we’d love to hear from our Partners who are conformant and either implementing it or planning to get started. Please get in touch with our Partner team and let us know how it’s going.