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Service information
Alerts
Proactive maintenance
Regarding the service-impacting work planned on the NHS e-Referral service (e-RS) to implement proactive maintenance.
Please treat the specific times of the work and the associated outage as provisional. A further update will be shared on Friday 4 December.
| Planned change timing | Planned change outage | Expected user impact |
|---|---|---|
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Friday 4 December 2020 16:00 to Saturday 5 December 2020 04:00 |
Friday 4 December 2020 20:15 to Saturday 5 December 2020 04:00 |
Users will be unable to access the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for the duration of the change outage. Slot polls may be impacted and may not run overnight Friday/Saturday. |
What is planned for this outage?
This outage is for proactive maintenance
If you have any questions, please e-mail Release Management at releasemgmt@nhs.net.
Maintenance Release
Regarding the scheduled service-impacting work planned on the NHS e-Referral service (e-RS) to implement Maintenance Release 10.0
Please treat the specific times of the work and the associated outage as provisional. A further update will be shared on Tuesday 8 December.
| Planned change timing | Planned change outage | Expected user impact |
|---|---|---|
|
Friday 11 December 2020 16:00 to Saturday 12 December 2020 04:00 |
Friday 11 December 2020 20:15 to Saturday 12 December 2020 04:00 |
Users will be unable to access the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for the duration of the change outage. Slot polls may be impacted and may not run overnight Friday/Saturday. |
What is planned for Release 10.0?
Information on this release can be found on the NHS e-Referral Service release information page.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Release Management at releasemgmt@nhs.net.
Contact details
If you have any questions, please e-mail: releasemgmt@nhs.net.
If you would like to receive the planned release communications for all nationally delivered services including e-RS, please contact your Implementation and Business Change Manager or email: ibc.crm@nhs.net.
Information is also available on the NHS e-Referral Service release information page.
Further information
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internal Releases
Find out about NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) releases.
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internal Business continuity guidance - NHS e-Referral Service
Read our guidance on system availability and business continuity, including background and purpose, maintaining access to e-RS local infrastructure, responding to loss of access to e-RS and invoking business continuity arrangements.
Last edited: 2 December 2020 8:57 pm