NHS Booking and Referral Standard

Guide v1.0.0 | Core v1.0.0

BaRS Core Change Log


This page will list all changes to the BaRS Core.

  - Indicates a change inspired by provider or supplier feedback.

Key Description
non-breaking Non-breaking changed introduced to the standard since the last release
breaking Breaking changed introduced to the standard since the last release
correction Correction to the standard since the last release

1.0.0

Change Description Impact
Human readable referrences Human readable references, created as part of a referral or booking, must be clearly available to users in both Sending and Receiving systems. breaking
  Caching Endpoints
If caching of endpoints is supported. There must be a mechanism to clear this manually. breaking
Support for NHS Number statuses Support for either no NHS No, or an NHS No with a verification status of 'number-present-and-verified' only. breaking
Access Control The implementation of access control needs to be within the spirit of BaRS principles which is open, any to any unless explicitly denying a system access. non-breaking
  Birth Sex
Birth Sex is no longer required to be populated as part of the Patient resource and may be carried as an observation. If this is received it must be displayed. non-breaking
Only sending with BaRS Suppliers must amend their solution and not attempt to send ITK or other methods when BaRS is used. non-breaking
Physical architecture diagrams Physical architecture diagrams must be provided as part of the assurance process. correction
Monitoring & Alerting A mechanism for triggering alerts for persistent failures or errors. A threshold for repeated failures was required so that relevant stakeholders could be made aware of issues in real-time. correction
Failure dashboard The NHS dashboard has been updated for visibility of current state and potential issues for stakeholders in real time to aid in the tracking of issues. correction
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