Content Comparison

Each Capability and Standard has a unique alphanumeric identifier. The letter "C" indicates a Capability, an "S" indicates a Standard and “SCS” indicates a Supplementary Care Standard. The number is arbitrary and does not have any additional meaning such as priority, sequence or inter-relationships. This allows for the identification of Capabilities and Standards in a consistent manner.

Each Capability and Standard has a version number. Each Capability and Standard can change independently and it's version number will change accordingly. Version numbers are subject to change depending on the nature of the change (e.g. major, minor, patch). There is no relationship between the version numbers of different Capabilities and Standards.

Indicates a Capability or a Standard and where applicable, defines the type of Standard:

• Capability - Describes the business needs at the highest level.

• Interoperability Non-Overarching Standard - Express technical and non-functional requirements for a specific interface or integration.

• Overarching Standard - Expresses overarching technical and non-functional requirements.

• Supplementary Care Standard - Describes the functional, technical and/or operating conditions required to deliver a specific service within a health and care setting.

Only Capabilities have the Category field. Category is used to group related Capabilities on the Buying Catalogue.

Each Capability and Standard will have one of five statuses:

• Draft - Whilst in Draft status, Suppliers have the chance to provide feedback about the contents of the Capability or Standard. The contents of the Capability or Standard are subject to change at this stage.

• Published - When this status is reached, it is expected that the contents of the Capability or Standard are fully defined, agreed, signed off and are not expected to change.

• Effective - Used to indicate that Suppliers should now be compliant with the Capability or Standard.

• Deprecated - The content is still visible to Suppliers but is Deprecated for a period of time before it is Retired. Suppliers will no longer be able to be assessed against Deprecated content however compliant Solutions must remain compliant until the Capability or Standard is Retired.

• Retired - The content is now Retired and located under “Retired Content” for reference.

Capabilities and Standards that are mandated under the Catalogue Agreement will have an Effective Date by which Suppliers must comply with the Capability or Standard.  

Suppliers will need to have achieved compliance against relevant Effective Capabilities and Standards (see Status above) in order to onboard on to the Buying Catalogue. There may be other Capabilities and Standards that Suppliers need to achieve compliance with as part of the Contracting Vehicle Agreement in order to be awarded a place on a Contracting Vehicle.

Indicates the commercial Contracting Vehicle a Capability or Standard is applicable to.