Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS)

ID

S93

Version

2.0.0

Type

Standard

Status

Effective

Effective Date

Aug 30, 2024

Contracting Vehicle(s)

 

Introduction

The NHS Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) is a set of instructions, rules and guidance on how to use the building blocks of FHIR to digitise workflows. BaRS offers a universal standard way to digitise workflows that support all cross service Patient journeys in the NHS.

See NHS Booking and Referral Standard for further information.

Requirements

Applicable Suppliers

ID

Requirement

Level

Applicable Suppliers

ID

Requirement

Level

All

BARS01

Implement and maintain the NHS Booking and Referral Standard inline with the latest specification version and as per the Capability to BaRS Core/Application(s) mapping.

MUST

Capability to BaRS Core/Application(s) mapping

Capability

Core - Booking Sender

Core - Booking Receiver

Core - Referral Sender

Core - Referral Receiver

Application(s) - Sender

Application(s) - Receiver

Capability

Core - Booking Sender

Core - Booking Receiver

Core - Referral Sender

Core - Referral Receiver

Application(s) - Sender

Application(s) - Receiver

Referral Management - GP

Referrals into Pharmacy

N/A

Referral Management - Community Pharmacy

N/A

Referrals into Pharmacy

Compliance, Assurance and Testing

For assurance, please see the Assure section of the Booking a Referral Standard (BaRS) implementation guide.

Documentation

Dependencies

BaRS provides a list of prerequisites in the BaRS Principles and Prerequisites section of the implementation guide.

There may be dependencies for implementing this Standard, however, there are no Interoperability Standards within the Capabilities and Standards model that are dependents.

Roadmap

Items on the Roadmap which impact or relate to this Standard

Items on the Roadmap which impact or relate to this Standard