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.

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.