PRSB publishes the updated Community Pharmacy Standard 

Community pharmacy is central to the vision for improving people’s health and wellbeing and managing demand in general practice and other care settings. We have published the updated version of our Community Pharmacy Standard (v.3) to reflect changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in England and the services it covers, along with other changes to make it ready for widespread implementation. 

The standard will enable information on care and services provided by community pharmacists to be seamlessly transmitted back to the GP record, and to be available to the person and the wider NHS, ensuring safe, effective, and connected care. 

The Care Database looks to the PRSB’s standards to demonstrate their commitment to safe care delivery

A supplier of all-in-one care management platform specialising in the children’s respite and hospice sectors, who has just become our partner, believes that achieving conformance against our standards will help strengthen their brand as market leaders, and demonstrate their commitment to safe care delivery. 

IBM becomes a PRSB partner  

We are delighted to announce that IBM, which provides global data management and analytics, AI and consulting services to the private and public sectors, has joined the PRSB as a partner. IBM is strongly focused on making sure that information flows digitally between professionals, systems and patients for better, safer care.

WoundMatrix joins the PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme  

WoundMatrix is a software supplier specialising in capturing wound images, measurement and assessment to support clinical care. They have joined our Standards Partnership Scheme to meet the requirements of implementing  standards in the UK, enabling them to achieve interoperability with other electronic healthcare solutions. This will result in continuity of care and better outcomes in wound care.  

Excellent feedback on PRSB's services

We’ve received an independent report on our services delivered to NHS England under the CISS contract. In their feedback, NHS project teams described PRSB as supportive, knowledgeable and resourceful.

One of the NHS participants said the following about the PRSB: “Whenever you need rationale behind something, they've always got that to provide. Because of the records that they keep, they go back, they check, and they let us know. There's never knowledge lost, which really helps in this area.” Another participant added that “PRSB were very helpful in doing some of the thinking around implementation, and how we make this a reality.” 

The CISS contract allows the work to be commissioned more quickly and delivered in phases, supporting its continuity. 

Don’t miss our podcast on improving diabetes care

In our live podcast on 6 June, we will hear about current practices in recording and sharing diabetes information, from the perspective of a clinician and a person with diabetes, and how the PRSB’s Diabetes Standard can support decision-making and self-management in diabetes. We will also discuss the role of wearables. 

Consultation on mental health data sets

Join our online workshop on 8 June to help us determine the reference sets which will be published in the UK release of SNOMED CT to support the mental health dataset and the national ambition to improve access to care for people in need. PRSB will also create guidance for the use of the reference sets in IT systems to help with implementation. 

Help support clinical informatics 

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) is calling on all of us to sign an open letter to Steve Barclay to speed up promised Government funding to continue its good work to train and accredit healthcare professionals in informatics. The FCI is concerned that it may take months to get ministerial sign off and the delay would threat the continuation of the organisation.

Meet PRSB at NHS Confed Expo 

PRSB is excited to exhibit at this year's NHS Confed Expo in Manchester on 14 - 15 June. The event will bring a mixture of high profile and influential plenary speakers, theatre sessions, feature zones and a range of networking opportunities. Meet us at stand A19. 

Digital Health Intelligence Summer School

Digital Health Summer Schools, taking place on 27 - 28 July at the University of Birmingham, will be dedicated to CCIOs, CIOs, CNIOs and all current and aspiring digital health leaders. Our CEO, Lorraine Foley, will be speaking about transfers of care, and our Executive Clinical Director, Nilesh Bharakhada, will provide a GP perspective on this topic.  

PRSB participates in the Care Home Parliamentary Reception 

Our CEO, Lorraine Foley, and our Chair, Maureen Baker, had the pleasure to participate in the Care Home Parliamentary Reception in Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, House of Lords, earlier this month. This annual event brings together a range of key voices from the adult social care sector.