NHS Booking and Referral Standard

Guide v1.2.0 | Core v1.1.0

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 (1.2.0)

Product Link Version Handle Phase State Release Date Stability Change Log Link
Implementation Guide 1.2.0 v1 Live Current Release 11/09/2023 Stable Implementation Guide Change Log
BaRS Core 1.1.0 v1 Live Current Release 30/06/2023 Stable BaRS Core Change Log
API Specification 1.1.0 v1 Live Current Release 01/04/2023 Stable API Spec Change Log
TKW 1.0.0 v1 Live Current Release 01/04/2023 Stable TKW Change Log
BaRS-APP1 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP1 Change Log
BaRS-APP2 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP2 Change Log
BaRS-APP5 1.0.0-beta beta Live Current Release 11/09/2023 pre-release BaRS APP5 Change Log

Overview of the release

This is a minor release Primarily to update the application supporting Primary Care to Pharmacy referral flows (application 5) from the alpha phase to the beta phase. There have been some very minor updates and fixes mainly to the documentation based on feedback from suppliers and others who have reviewed the alpha release.

A Clinical Safety assessment of the scope of this release has determined that it has not significantly changed the clinical safety profile of the BaRS. No new Hazards have been identified in this release. The latest version of the BaRS Clinical Safety Case and Hazard Log can be downloaded from the BaRS FHIR API onboarding support information page.



Previous Releases

Product Link Version Handle Phase State Release Date Stability Change Log Link
Implementation Guide 1.1.0 v1 Live Current Release 30/06/2023 Stable Implementation Guide Change Log
BaRS Core 1.1.0 v1 Live Current Release 30/06/2023 Stable BaRS Core Change Log
API Specification 1.1.0 v1 Live Current Release 01/04/2023 Stable API Spec Change Log
TKW 1.0.0 v1 Live Current Release 01/04/2023 Stable TKW Change Log
BaRS-APP1 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP1 Change Log
BaRS-APP2 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP2 Change Log
BaRS-APP5 1.0.0-alpha v1 beta Current Release 30/06/2023 pre-release BaRS APP5 Change Log

Overview of the release

This is a minor release primarily introducing the pre-release guidance for a new Application of the Booking and Referral Standard. This is the first alpha release supporting Primary Care to Pharmacy referral flows.

A Clinical Safety assessment of the scope of this release has determined that it has not significantly changed the clinical safety profile of the BaRS. No new Hazards have been identified in this release. The latest version of the BaRS Clinical Safety Case and Hazard Log can be downloaded from the BaRS FHIR API onboarding support information page.



NHS Booking and Referral Standard 1.0.1

Product Link Version Handle Phase State Release Date Stability Change Log Link
Implementation Guide 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable Implementation Guide Change Log
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 Change Log
TKW 1.0.0 v1 Live Current Release 01/04/2023 Stable TKW Change Log
BaRS-APP1 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP1 Change Log
BaRS-APP2 1.0.1 v1 Live Current Release 11/05/2023 Stable BaRS APP2 Change Log

Overview of the release

This is a minor "patch" adressing a few small issues with the 1.0.0 release of the implementation guide.

A Clinical Safety assessment of the scope of this Patch release has determined that it has not changed the clinical safety profile of the BaRS since the previous version. No updates have been made to the Clinical Safety Case Report and Hazard Log for this release.



NHS Booking and Referral Standard 1.0.0

Product Link Version Handle Phase State Release Date Stability Change Log Link
Implementation Guide 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable Implementation Guide Change Log
BaRS Core 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable BaRS Core Change Log
API Specification 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable API Spec Change Log
TKW 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable TKW Change Log
BaRS-APP1 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable BaRS APP1 Change Log
BaRS-APP2 1.0.0 v1 Live Released 01/04/2023 Stable BaRS APP2 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.



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