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Latest updates

January 2026

Updates to the service manual in January 2026
Section	Update
Content guide	Added new entries for addresses and Wi-Fi to A to Z in content guide Updated entries for seizure (fit) and temperature in A to Z Specified that we use en dashes in our guidance on hyphens and dashes Added "third party" to guidance on numbers (section on ordinal numbers)
Design system	Added file upload component Added interruption page pattern and added interruption panel on panel component page Added summary cards to summary list component
Standards and technology	Updated NHS service standard, including: amending the page summary for service standard 3 to align with GOV's updating and adding links in service standards 5 and 11 bringing service standard 13 into closer alignment with GOV's updating service standard 16 with clinical colleagues reviewing service standard 17 with interoperability standards team updating outdated references to NHS Digital and fixing broken links

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Latest blog posts

Posts by the service manual team and community.

Making the NHS design system fit for the future

Published on: 31 October 2025

NHS England Design Matters blog

Tero Väänänen explains why the NHS design system exists and why it plays an important role in fulfilling the 10-year health plan. He also describes recent changes to the frontend code behind the design system, and why it is important for teams to adopt them now.

Why we are reinvesting in the NHS prototype kit

Published on: 21 July 2025

NHS England Design Matters blog

Frankie Roberto and Mike Gallagher explain why we revived the NHS prototype kit, the benefits of prototyping in code and how digital teams in the NHS can get started using it.

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