The UK Terminology Centre is a member of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation.

The core activities of the UK Terminology Centre are:

• Product Development
• Technical Infrastructure and
• Product Support

The UK Terminology Centre's responsibilities include:

• Being the primary point of liaison with the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) with regard to all aspects of the management of the Terminology Products within the UK
• Establishing and maintaining processes for distributing and sub-licensing the Terminology Products within the UK
• Being the principal contact point within the UK for contact in relation to the Terminology Products, including sub-licensing, technical support; and obtaining updates and enhancements to the Terminology Products ensuring that any products and their releases that the Member deploys within its jurisdiction that are based on the IHTSDO’s Terminology Products, are prepared, checked and managed in conformance with the IHTSDO’s standards
• Maintaining a record of problems and other issues reported within the UK in connection with the Terminology Products
• Documenting, submitting and supporting requests (to the IHTSDO) for proposed updates and enhancements to the Terminology Products
• Monitoring the distribution and applications of the IHTSDO’s Terminology Products, Trade Marks and other Intellectual Property within the UK and reporting to the IHTSDO
• Maintaining the UK National extension to SNOMED CT® (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms) and co-ordinating its release with the International Terminology Products. The combined International Release and local extension is known as the National Release
• Creation, maintenance, co-ordination and release of UK sub-sets (reference sets) and other UK derivative works
• Managing UK National release content requests
• Administration for the UK Health Terminology Governance Board (organise meetings; distribute papers; minutes, etc)

For further information on the UK Terminology Centre, see the UK Terminology website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	UKTC