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NHS Booking and Referral Standard

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Information Standard Notice

Acting under delegated authority from the Secretary of State for Health, the Data Coordination Board has approved a change to an existing information standard for publication under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Important: Full conformance date

You must comply with this change by the full conformance date:

Standard definition

Unique identifier

DAPB4060 Amd 99-2021

Name
NHS Booking and Referral Standard
Approval date
23 March 2023
Publication date
13 April 2023
Documentation
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Standard definition

Description
An interoperability standard between patient record systems that enables booking and referral information to be sent between NHS healthcare system providers quickly, safely and in a format that is useful to clinicians.

About this change

Scope
NHS Services
Applies to
  • NHS 111/clinical assessment services (CAS)
  • Accident and Emergency departments (A&E)
  • Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC)
Impacts upon
Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
Link to further information
Further information

Contacts

Sponsor

Radhika Rangaraju, Director of e-Referral Service and Digital, Diagnostics Capability, NHS England

SRO
Radhika Rangaraju, Director of e-Referral Service and Digital, Diagnostics Capability, NHS England
Business Lead
Will Jager, Lead Delivery Manager, NHS England
Help Desk

enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk

Please state ‘Booking and Referral Standard’ in the subject line.

Dates

Implementation Date
15 April 2023