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Its stated purpose in its Articles of Association is: “to ensure that the requirements of those who provide and receive care can be fully expressed in the structure and content of health and social care records”. Establishment of the PRSB was recommended in a Department of Health Information Directorate working group report in 2012.  \nCopyright  \nThis document has been prepared by the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) on behalf of NHS Digital.  \nYou may use and re-use the information featured in this document (not including logos or images) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.  \nAny enquiries regarding the use and re-use of this information resource should be sent to:  \n[enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk](enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk).  \nWhere we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.  \nInformation and content © NHS Digital 2017.  \nProfessional Record Standards Body  \n32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EH See more at: [http://theprsb.org/](http://theprsb.org/)[ ](http://theprsb.org/)Community Interest Company No 8540834  \n1 Introduction  \n1.1  Purpose of the letters  \nThese letters were developed as part of the Outpatient letter standard project. The purpose of the letters is to demonstrate how the headings developed can be structured in different services for different types of appointments.  \n1.2 Audience  \nThe letters were created primarily for the NHS digital messaging team to use in the creation of outpatient message specifications. As hospitals and GPs have different structures for their electronic patient records (EPRs), the project has developed standards for communication of outpatient letters, ie a common standard to which local outpatient letter content can be mapped to enable the meaning to be retained when communicated to the recipient (ie semantic interoperability) .  \nThe examples are intended to demonstrate how the headings can be used in a structured letter. 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