The Document Metadata Data Standard is fundamental to the creation and maintenance of accurate document information. This will also help to enable effective search and retrieval of documents stored within repositories across NHS Wales.
The proposed standard will apply to all documents generated by NHS Wales systems that are sent to the Welsh Care Record Service (WCRS).
A document is defined as ‘a single set of coherent, identifiable, self-contained information that is a statement of Health and Care and can only be updated by total replacement’. Certain fields will be mandatory, and others will be optional. This is due to not all data items being available at time on entry.
All NHS Wales systems in procurement, or for future procurement must adhere to this Standard with immediate effect.