2012/13 is a shadow year for HIV adult outpatients currency, allowing for testing of the proposed currency and a phased roll out of the new clinical data set to providers. A range of documents are available to provide the most up to date information on the development of the currency.
HIV outpatient activity dataset
The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care (ISB) approved a new information standard at its meeting on 26 September 2012.
- ISB 1570 HIV and AIDS Reporting System (HARS)
The specification can be found on the ISB website.
HIV outpatient currency seminar presentations
The Department of Health ran a series of seminars during October for those involved in the provision of HIV outpatient services, to inform and seek views on the proposal to mandate a currency for HIV adult outpatients.
Below are links to the presentations that were given at the events:
- HIV outpatients Department of Health presentation
- HIV outpatients pathway presentation
- HIV outpatients provider presentations
- HIV outpatients commissioners presentation
- HIV outpatients HARS presentation.