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The NHS in England has committed to a strategic move to [[SNOMED CT]], and systems using SNOMED are now being deployed within the NHS primary and secondary care estates. At the end of 2010, however, READ versions 2 and 3 remained the core clinical terminology used in UK primary care, with roughly 90% of the primary care estate still using version 2.

==DepreciationDeprecation and Withdrawal==

In preparation for the whole health system moving to SNOMED CT by April 2020, [[primary care]] systems are to have adopted the new [[nomenclature]] by December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Personalised Health and Care 2020|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384650/NIB_Report.pdf#page=30|publisher=National Information Board|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>

The former Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care (ISB) set December 2010 as the depreciationdeprecation date for Read version 2, but did not set a date for its withdrawal at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information Standards Notice – Deprecation|url=http://www.hscic.gov.uk/media/15868/1553disn/pdf/1553disn.pdf|publisher=Standardisation Committee for Care Information|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref> In August 2014 the ISB's successor, the Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI), formalised the withdrawal time frame of Read version 2: A final updated release for Read version 2 is to be made available on 1 April 2016, and will be withdrawn completely on 1 April 2020.<ref name=HSCIC-Read>{{cite web|title=Deprecation of Read Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3|url=http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/data/uktc/readcodes|publisher=Health & Social Care Information Centre|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>

The depreciationdeprecation and withdrawal time frame for Read version 3 was also agreed by the SCCI in August 2014. The depreciationdeprecation date was set at 1 September 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Information Standards Notice – Deprecation|url=http://www.hscic.gov.uk/media/15869/1552disn/pdf/1552disn.pdf|publisher=Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI)|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref> with a final updated release for 1 April 2018, and complete withdrawal on 1 April 2020.<ref name=HSCIC-Read />

Although not actively maintained since 2006, a withdrawal date for Read drugs has yet to be set.