Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS)
- Victoria Bussey
- Michael France
- Charlotte Kaye
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 |
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 |
Referrals into Pharmacy | N/A | |||||
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