Terminology products
NHS England is responsible for the UK implementation and management of SNOMED CT, the Read Codes, and other terminology products used in health and care. This includes associated tools and derivative resources.
NHS England maintains the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) in partnership with the NHS Business Services Authority.
News and release notices
Aligning the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension model with SNOMED International
Further to the news posted on Delen regarding the planned phase 2 changes to the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, NHS England will go live with the phase 2 changes in release 41.5.0, due 18 February 2026.
NHS England will release a user survey and accompanying test files for the phase 3 (AMP) and phase 4 (AMPP) changes to understand user impacts. They plan to go live with the phase 3 and phase 4 changes together in a joint release.
If you anticipate any issues with this approach, contact them by 15 January 2026: nhsdigital.ukmeds@nhs.net
For further information about this work, see NHS England's updating the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension model page.
SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Drug Extension
A new release of item SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Drug Extension is 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
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