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News and release notices
Increasing SNOMED International description length limits
Following the Delen news article on the proposal to increase description length limits, SNOMED International has published the descriptions that will be increased beyond the previous 255-character limit in the August 2026 SNOMED CT International Edition, under item 29 here:
2026 Early Visibility Release Notifications
These descriptions will first appear in the SNOMED CT UK Edition release 43.0.0, due for publication on 30 September 2026 (see the 2026-2027 Release Schedule: SNOMED CT UK Edition page on Delen), as that release will include data from the August 2026 SNOMED CT International Edition.
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Lung Cancer Screening Data Set (LCSDS) - XML format
A new release of item Lung Cancer Screening Data Set (LCSDS) - XML format is available.
SNOMED CT UK Data Migration Workbench
A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Data Migration Workbench is available.
SNOMED CT human-readable subsets
New releases are available:
SNOMED CT UK Query Table and History Substitution Table
A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Query Table and History Substitution Table is available.
UK Drug bonus files
A new release of item UK Drug bonus files is available.
SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot
A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot is available.
SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2
New releases are available:
SNOMED CT UK Clinical Edition, RF2
New releases are available:
Upcoming addition of Trade Families information to dm+d
As part of the UK Medicines Terminology Futures work, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) will begin maintaining and supporting Trade Family and Trade Family Group concept classes in the NHSBSA dm+d supplementary releases.
The NHS dm+d browser will also be updated to include Trade Families information.
These updates are planned to go live on Monday 6 July 2026.
Email questions or feedback to dmdenquiries@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.
SNOMED CT International Edition
A new release of item SNOMED CT International Edition is available.
Organisation Reference Data (postcode data only)
A new release of item Organisation Reference Data (postcode data only) is available.
ODS XML Organisation Data
A new release of item ODS XML Organisation Data is available.
Read older news and release notices in the news archive.