NHS Booking and Referral Standard

Releases

This section contains the release notes for the various elements of the booking and referral standard. In the table below you will find information about each element and links the the detailed change logs.

Current Releases

Product Link	Version	Handle	Phase	State	Release Date	Stability	Change Log Link
Implementation Guide	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	General Improvements
BaRS Core	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	BaRS Core Change Log
API Specification	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	API Spec
TKW	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	TKW Change Log
BaRS-UEC1	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	BaRS UEC1 Change Log
BaRS-UEC2	1.0.0	v1	Live	Current Release	01/04/2023	Stable	BaRS UEC2 Change Log

Overview of the release

This release constitutes the first stable release of the booking and referral standard (v1.0.0). This release encapsulates all the learning from the first of type (private and public betas) for the first few applications of the standard.

Pre-Releases

This section contains the release notes for the preview releases of the Booking and Referral Standard. These releases were mainly for information only to provide a preview of the first release of BaRS.

Product	Version	Handle	Phase	State	Release Date	Stability
Implementation Guide	1.0.0	beta	Private Beta	Released	28/02/2023	Volatile
Core	1.0.0	beta	Private Beta	Released	28/02/2023	Volatile
111 - ED	1.0.0	beta	Private Beta	Released	28/02/2023	Volatile

Overview of the release

This release was a minor change of the initial alpha release of the documentation to fix a number of broken links

Change Log

Change	Description	Impact
Fixed broken links	A number of internal references had broken link, these have been fixed	non-breaking
Notification added to every page	link-to-section	A "note" box was added to the master template so that a message appears on every page. This message highlights to the reader that this documentation is just a preview	non-breaking

Product	Version	Handle	Phase	State	Release Date	Stability
Implementation Guide	1.0.0	alpha	Preview	Released	15/12/2022	Volatile
Core	1.0.0	alpha	Preview	Released	01/07/2022	Volatile
111 - ED	1.0.0	alpha	Preview	Released	01/07/2022	Volatile

Overview of the release

This is the first release of the implementation guide, mainly to establish the underlying publishing platform and principles. Most content placeholder and boiler plate. The initial preview (alpha) documentation of the core and first application (111-ED) were made available to vendors who were going to participate in first of type.