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Terminology products

NHS Digital is responsible for the UK management of SNOMED CT, the Read Codes and other products to support the implementation of terminology, including tools and derivative products.

NHS Digital maintains the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) in partnership with the NHS Business Service Authority.

As part of the national strategy to move to a single terminology across health and care, NHS Digital is in the process of withdrawing the Read Codes. The Standardisation Committee for Care gave notice in December 2014 of this planned withdrawal. Read more on the retirement of Read Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3.

New releases and announcements

Unified Test List

A new release of item Unified Test List is available.


22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT UK Data Migration Workbench

A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Data Migration Workbench is available.


22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT human-readable subsets

New releases of SNOMED CT human-readable subset items are available:

  • SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Clinical Extension
  • SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Drug Extension

22 March 2023 6:00 am

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.


22 March 2023 6:00 am

UK Drug bonus files

A new release of item UK Drug bonus files is available.


22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot

A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot is available.


22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2

New releases of ‘SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2’ items are available:

  • SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2: Delta
  • SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2: Full, Snapshot & Delta

22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT UK Clinical Edition, RF2

New releases of ‘SNOMED CT UK Clinical Edition, RF2’ items are available:

  • SNOMED CT UK Clinical Edition, RF2: Delta
  • SNOMED CT UK Clinical Edition, RF2: Full, Snapshot & Delta

22 March 2023 6:00 am

SNOMED CT speciality reference sets

A new release of item SNOMED CT speciality reference sets is available.


10 March 2023 8:29 am

Changes to NHSBSA dm+d and the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension in 2023

To improve alignment of NHSBSA dm+d and SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension content and release cycles, changes will be made to both terminologies in 2023.

Read more on the UK Medicines Terminology Futures pages on the NHS Digital website. Proposed timescales are subject to change, so visit these pages regularly for updates.

Email questions or feedback to nhsdigital.ukmeds@nhs.net.


20 December 2022 10:21 am

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