Booking and referral standard Direction 2022
Directions given by NHS England requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of information as are necessary to provide the Booking and Referral Standard services.
Purpose
The purpose of these Directions (purpose) is to enable NHS Digital to develop an interoperability standard for patient record systems and a related application programming interface (Booking and Referral Standard Service) that enables booking and referral information to be sent between NHS service providers quickly, safely and in a format that is useful to clinicians.
Legal basis
Sections 254(1), (3), (4), (5) and (6), (7) section 260(2)(d), section 261(2)(e) and section 304(9), (10) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. These Directions come into force on the data signed.
Last edited: 23 October 2025 8:26 am