Technical guidance - ORD

DAPB0090: Health and Social Care Organisation Reference Data

The information standard provides reference data about the Organisations that comprise the health and social care services, including non-direct-care Organisations, primarily in England but also in the other UK-constituent countries.

ORD scope definition

This PDF shows organisation types which will transition to ANANA code formats, and csv files which will be deprecated as the content is available via ORD (in XML or JSON format via the ORD API).

XML Organisation Data Products - support products and tools

Zip folders of ODS supporting documentation for XML implementation and management.

How to derive NHS hierarchy from ORD

To derive NHS hierarchy information (High Level Health Authority and National Grouping) from Organisation Reference Data (ORD), the relationship meta data must be used. There are various ‘named relationships’ in ORD which describe how one organisation entity is linked to another.

Roles endpoint

This page includes the roles endpoint description, parameters and an example.

How to understand organisation succession

Organisation succession is where one or more new or existing entities displace or merge with one or more records which have closed.