National Care Records Service (NCRS)

National Care Records Service (NCRS)

ID

S118

Version

1.0.1

Type

Standard

Status

Effective

Effective Date

Dec 4, 2025

Contracting Vehicle(s)

Community Pharmacy Clinical Services

 

Introduction

The National Care Records Service (NCRS) provides a quick, secure way for health and care workers to access national Patient information to improve clinical decision making and healthcare outcomes.

The service provides a summary of Health and Care information for care settings where the full Patient Record is not required to support direct care for Patients.

Requirements

Applicable Suppliers

ID

Requirement

Level

All Suppliers

NCRS01

Implement and maintain the National Care Records Service (NCRS) integration following the requirements in and the provided client pack (this will be provided as part of the onboarding process).

MUST

Compliance, Assurance and Testing

See the National Care Record Service (NCRS) section on Onboarding Overview of the Digital Care Services Interoperability Standards and Requirements.

Documentation

Dependencies

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