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Within GP IT Futures functional requirements are expressed at the highest level as capabilities (e.g. Recording Consultations). Each capability includes the following:
Description: A brief description of the capabilities capability's scope.
Outcomes: The key business outcomes encompassed by the capability.
Epics: A capability comprises one or more epics (i.e. user stories). Each epic has a brief description and one or more acceptance criteria (i.e. the criteria that must be met in order to evidence that a catalogue solution Catalogue Solution provides the function(s) encompassed by the epic.
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An example of the Record Consultations capability description, outcomes and an epic are provided below to illustrate.
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The following capabilities are referred to as foundation capabilities and are important to understand as they represent a gateway into the receipt of GMS funding – see here for more detail.funding
- Appointments management - GP
- GP referral management
- GP resource management
- Patient information maintenance
- Prescribing
- Recording consultations.
In addition to the predefined capabilities, suppliers can define Productivity Capabilities for functions that are applicable to primary care, but are not encompassed by the predefined capabilities. These productivity capabilities will be grouped into themes and the Catalogue Solutions mapping to them will be available via the Catalogue. [I am told the Catalogue will not support the searching of productivity capabilities for some time, hence the minimal info provided here.]
What are capabilities used for?
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- NHS Digital to express the business functions within the scope of GP IT Futures
- Suppliers to map their Catalogue Solutions to the capabilities and epics within those capabilities i.e. it allows suppliers to describe the functional scope of their solutions using a standardised language
- NHS Digital to assure catalogue solutions – see here for more detail
- Suppliers to understand the scope of solutions that may be offered via GP IT Futures and to see market opportunities
- Buyers to search for Catalogue for Catalogue Solutions that meet their needs on the Buying Catalogue, where the needs are expressed using the capabilities / epics.
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Standards describe the technical or operating conditions applicable to Catalogue Solutions. The following different classifications of Standard are used in GP IT Futures:
Overarching Standards: These apply to all capabilities capabilities and therefore all solutions (e.g. the Clinical Safety Standard).
Context Specific Standards: These apply to one or more specific capabilities (e.g. the Interoperability Standard).
Capability Specific Standards: Many capabilities have one of these standards. These standards express additional functional requirements for the capability.
What are standard Standards used for?
Standards will be used by:
- NHS Digital to express the technical or operating conditions applicable to capabilities and to drive the technical maturity and interoperability objectives of GP IT Futures
- NHS Digital to assure catalogue solutions meet the applicable Standards – see here for more detail
For more detail on the Capabilities and Standards Model see here [link to full model].