With the recent announcement of NHS England’s abolition, the need for high-quality, standardised, and meaningful data sharing between health and care settings has never been greater. Seamless information exchange is essential in driving more efficient and effective care.
Through our #StartwithStandards campaign, we aim to educate health and care professionals, digital system suppliers and sector leaders about the role of health and care record standards in improving the quality of care, and encourage them to start with standards as the key step in transforming the system.
We would love you to get involved in the campaign by sharing our resources on your channels, such us various graphics, social media and newsletter copy.
After 10 years at the helm, Lorraine Foley has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer of PRSB. Lorraine has taken the organisation from a start-up to an authoritative and influential standards body boasting 90 members representing health and social care. She leaves a track record of positive improvements in care through high-quality record standards, with people at the centre of our work. Frustrated by the slow pace of adoption of standards across the system, Lorraine was instrumental in establishing the Standards Partnership Scheme with software suppliers, resulting in a leap forward in getting standards implemented and into widespread use across the system.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Lorraine for her decade of dedicated service to PRSB and wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
Our Deputy Chief Executive, Oliver Lake, will step into the role of Transition CEO, with Lorraine supporting the process to ensure a smooth transition.
CareDocs on a mission to help deliver personalised care with their latest PRSB conformance
Our Quality Partner, who has been proudly supporting care providers for 15 years, is the latest digital care system supplier to achieve conformance with our Personalised Care and Support Plan Standard. This brings the total number of digital solutions conformant with this standard to 26!
Building a single patient record: the three pillars of success
A single patient record has the potential to transform the way health and social care work together in the UK. We believe in the three pillars which will be key in making it reality: public trust, system stability and staff advocacy. Read more in our latest blog co-written with our Members!
Have a few minutes spare? Share your feedback about our website!
Here at the PRSB, we are proactively looking how we can enhance our communications tools and channels to improve your experience when getting in touch with us or finding information about our work. We would appreciate if you could fill in our 3-minute survey to help us improve our website.
Are We Ready for Digital? NHS staff invited to shape the future of healthcare technology
The “Are We Ready?” campaign, led by FEDIP and HPCA, invites NHS professionals to a three-part webinar series and final roundtable discussion to ensure staff are central to shaping digital transformation. Insights will inform a national NHS Digital Transformation Report and Best Practice Guide.
Progress over perfection: learning from healthcare data infrastructure projects ahead of the ten-year plan
If you fancy a longer, insightful read, you will like this one! We recently contributed to Answer Digital's white paper examining the state of NHS healthcare data infrastructure, highlighting progress, challenges, and opportunities for digital transformation.
PRSB and Ethos Ltd offer an online foundation course on clinical safety. This CPD UK accredited training equips you with the basic requirements of the DCB0129/0160 standards for clinical risk assessment and management AND introduction to PRSB standards! Once completed, you will be certified as an accredited Clinical Safety Officer. Our next session is on Tuesday, 15 April.
The GS1 UK Healthcare Conference (29-30 April, London)
PRSB Member, GS1 UK, is hosting a conference which will be a one-of-a-kind industry event expertly designed to bring the benefits of Scan4Safety and GS1 standards to life. It will bring together 500 attendees who will have the opportunity to network, connect, share best practice, and debate key issues facing the health sector.
PRSB at the Primary Care Show (14-15 May, Birmingham)
Attending the Primary Care Show? Don't miss a chance to hear from our Clinical Executive Director, Dr Nilesh Bharakhada, who will talk about our North-West London pilot on transfer of care on 14 May. More details to be announced soon, so keep an eye on our social media announcements and next newsletters!
