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We recommend that NHS England reviews the way in which it collates data about concussion...

Recommendation
We recommend that NHS England reviews the way in which it collates data about concussion and concussion-related brain injury and ensures that doctors have a full history available to better inform patient treatments.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government Acknowledged
The Government agrees in part with this recommendation. NHSX will continue to work with NHS England, NHS Improvement and NHS Digital to improve data quality and reporting by recommending the creation of codes for concussion resulting from sport. The adoption of standardised clinical coding with SNOMED CT13 allows staff to enter concussion and concussion-related brain injuries as structured data into a patient’s record. Reliably collating this information at a national level is dependent on a number of factors including
Addressee Bodies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Timeline
Recommendation age 4.9 yrs
Report published 22 Jul 2021