The Regional Coding Programme is a strategic initiative focused on modernising, standardising, and streamlining the use of clinical codes, classifications, and terminologies across health and social care.
Accurate coding is critical to ensuring high-quality, structured health data that can support safe care, reduce clinical and administrative variation, and improve decision-making at every level of the system.
The programme will deliver the infrastructure, governance, and strategic enablers needed to support consistent implementation of SNOMED CT, ICD-11, and other recognised coding standards. This includes procuring a regional Terminology Server and developing common frameworks for adoption and alignment.
Programme outputs include:
- Enhancing patient care through improved data quality and clinical accuracy.
- Enabling consistency by removing variation in coding practices across settings.
- Supporting data-driven decisions in planning, policy, research, and delivery.
- Reducing administrative burden by simplifying and aligning coding processes.
- Future-proofing HSC to meet evolving national and international standards.
The programme is not a stand-alone solution but a strategic enabler, laying the foundation for regional consistency and interoperability across systems, programmes, and services.