PRSB’s Social Prescribing Standard is awarded mandatory status

Information sharing between care professionals is key to delivering social prescribing as a vital part of person-centred care. PRSB’s Social Prescribing Standard has been mandated for use by link workers to whom GPs and community services refer people for help to improve their social, emotional and physical wellbeing, alongside their medical health. 

PRSB’s Social Prescribing Standard has received an Information Standards Notice, which makes its use a requirement in specific care settings. This will help ensure the right information is captured, recorded and shared to support better care and outcomes for people using social prescribing services.

PRSB’s Standards Partnership Scheme for providers

Care providers digitising their care records should look to PRSB’s new provider service to help them meet emerging standards requirements. Our new service is specifically designed to support them on their journey towards adoption and evidence-based conformance with standards. The importance of that was highlighted in our blogs from Lee Rickles of Yorkshire & Humber Care Record and Katie Thorn of Digital Social Care. 

Masterclass: Implementing the Personalised Care and Support Plan

Our masterclass webinar taking place today a 3pm will help health and care providers and system suppliers learn what they need to know about the Personalised Care and Support Plan Standard and timescales for adoption, and how to assess conformance with PRSB. James Sanderson, Director of Community Health Services at NHS England, will set the policy context for adopting the standard. He recently blogged for us. 

Log my Care conformant with 'About Me'

We are delighted to announce that Log my Care, a company providing a digital platform which supports carers in managing and delivering more efficient and effective care, has been awarded a PRSB’s Quality Mark for conformance with the About Me standard.

The importance of human connection in health and care

This month, we hosted a live podcast in which Sarah Woolf, Movement Psychotherapist, talked about the importance of human connection and personalised approach in providing care, and how it can have a positive effect on our emotional and mental wellbeing. The recording is now available. 

Supporting NHS workforce with information standards

PRSB’s Clinical Advisor, Bernard Crump, described in our inaugural comment column in Digital Health Intelligence how PRSB’s work with the NHS to develop the Digital Staff Passport standard will make onboarding more efficient, saving precious time and money for professionals and providers alike. 

PRSB to chair Patient Flow Conference

Tackling the challenges to managing patient flows with new and innovative solutions is the topic for an exciting Convenzis event, chaired by PRSB’s Chair, Maureen Baker. The 9 February Patient Flow Conference: North in Manchester will focus on topics such as improving patient experience, the use of technology and integration of care.

Westminster Health Forum event on community pharmacy

Making best use of the expertise of community pharmacy services is the topic of the upcoming Westminster Health Forum online conference on 28 March. Royal Pharmaceutical Society's advisor to the PRSB, Stephen-Goundrey Smith, will present on the role of electronic care records in community pharmacy services, and will talk about PRSB's Community Pharmacy Standard. 

Meet us at Rewired 2023

We are looking forward to joining the UK digital health community for the learning and networking experience at London’s Business Design Centre, 14-15 March, where PRSB will engage with suppliers, providers and system leaders on our work to support adoption of standards for care records that promote information sharing across health and care. 

PRSB engages with INTEROPen events

The PRSB diabetes project is engaging with INTEROPen and NHS England on a series of upcoming events. We’re keen to explore diabetes-data sharing scenarios at these events and work with interested IT suppliers to do so. Please let us know if you are interested.

Advisory Board updates

Our Advisory Board meeting highlighted our work on implementing transfer of care standards, and discussed the necessity for national guidance to support safe management of health and care records for individuals who are either transitioning to a new gender or who are non-binary. Please contact us for a summary of the event.