NHS England Guest Blog: Share your views – SNOMED International proposal to increase Description length limit

NHS England are providing an update to the information posted in April regarding the proposal from SNOMED International to increase the maximum length of Fully Specified Name and Synonym descriptions, from 255 to 4096 characters.

Further information about the proposal has been provided by SNOMED International which can be found on Delen.

SNOMED International have also extended the deadline for feedback to 31 December 2024.

A blog is available with further information on the SNOMED International website.

As the UK Member’s National Release Centre, NHS England is collating feedback from SNOMED CT users in the UK on behalf of SNOMED International.

To provide feedback on this proposal, please submit your response by 5pm on Tuesday, 31 December 2024.

If you have any questions about this consultation, please contact [email protected], adding ‘SNOMED International Proposal to Increase Description Length Limit’ to the subject line