NHS Booking and Referral Standard

Overview of the release

Release 1.11.0 of the BaRS Implementation Guide introduces BaRS Application 8 "Referrals to a broker for Healthcare Service selection" as an alpha release. BaRS Application 8 is designed to create interoperability for referrals between NHS England products. The next phase of content and navigation changes in the Implementation Guide are delivered. They are focussed on: the Home page, the Analysis section (formerly About BaRS) and relocation of content from this area. These changes are based on user feedback.

Application 5 is updated with the withdrawal of use cases for GP to Blood Pressure Check Service and GP to Pharmacy Contraception (Oral Contraception). Also included in this release are minor changes to BaRS Application 6 and bug fixes and corrections throughout the guide.

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 .

Overview of the release

Release 1.10.0 includes a change to the accepted multiple NHS number verification statuses across BaRS, seeing a major version increment for Applications 1, 2, 3 & 4. The Appointment Management Foundation Standard has been revised and simplified, including extending the use Document Reference Standard Pattern to update the Registry (National Record Locator), alongside bug fixes and corrections throughout the guide. There have been further minor changes to the current beta, Application 6, following discussion with the BaRS Community involved, and the scope and responsibilities during Assurance have been described. Finally, following user feedback, the content in About BaRS, steps for technical deployment and instructions for connecting to our environments are restructured and simplified.

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 .

Overview of the release

Release 1.9.0 includes development of changes and guidance to the cancellation workflows standard pattern for BaRS cancellation to support searches with demographics. Following user feedback, it also introduces a search capability to the Implementation Guide and simplifies versioning by reducing the concurrent versions of Core from three to two: 1.0.7 and 1.3.0. There have been improvements to Help and Support, Application 6 use-case descriptions alongside bug fixes and corrections throughout the guide. Google Analytics has been implemented on the Simplifier site to track site usage and inform future development.

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 .

Overview of the release

Release 1.8.2 includes development of the Appointment Management Foundation guidance and supporting changes to the API specification. There have been improvements to use-context HTTP header guidance and developer onboarding advice, alongside bug fixes and corrections throughout the guide. Application 5 TKW Receiver scenarios are now documented.

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 .

Overview of the release

Addition of use case categories to all BaRS Applications.

Overview of the release

This release of the BaRS marks the introduction of Pre-Release - Application 7 and Core 1.2-alpha. There have been updates to Application 5 and Application 4 to include new use cases now supported by them.

There have also been a number of patch releases for Applications 1,2,6 including bug fixes and corrections to the guide.

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.

Overview of the release

This release introduces the concept of concurrent Core versions, and we now have Core versions v1.0.3 and v1.1.3 concurrently in the guide.

This release also brings all applications of BaRS in alignment with the introduction and use of the Use Case Context Code for Service Requests.

There has also been a few minor bug fixes and corrections across core and all other applications with a new release of TKW.

Overview of the release

This release introduces the concept of concurrent Core versions, and we now have Core versions v1.0.3 and v1.1.3 concurrently in the guide.

This release also brings all applications of BaRS in alignment with the introduction and use of the Use Case Context Code for Service Requests.

There has also been a few minor bug fixes and corrections across core and all other applications with a new release of TKW.

Overview of the release

This release marks the transition of application 6 from its alpha to its beta phase. Applications 1 and 2 also see an expansion of their scope to include a number of new use cases.

There has also been a few minor bug fixes and corrections across core and all other applications.

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.

Overview of the release

This release marks the first appearance of Application 6. This is to support an Ambulance service use case where cases need to be moved between different services for operational reasons. Application 6 is released as a "preview" release and has the status of alpha.

Also this release of the BaRS marks the conclusion of the beta period for applications 3 and 4 and this application now moves to a stable v1.0.0 release available for wide use and adoption.

There has also been a number of minor bug fixes and corrections across all other applications

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.

Overview of the release

This is a minor point release with non-breaking changes. The main highlight of this release is the first publication of documentation for Applications 3 and 4. Both these applications are at 1.0.0-beta and are about to start public beta testing. There has also been a minor change to the Application 5 beta release to incorporate feedback and scope amendments from the development of public beta participants as well as some recent use case policy updates.

There was also a minor reconfiguration of the guidance across all applications to move a number of sections from the application guidance to the Core guidance in a new section "Standard Patterns for BaRS Operations". The applications now reference these sections via links in the appropriate places. The main purpose for this is to reduce significant duplication across the aplicaitons as these particular operations follow a standard set of patterns that are common across all applications of the standard.

Finally, there was a very small update to the Core documentation to reflect three non-breaking changes to core payloads.

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.

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.

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

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

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.