Monthly booking reports

Download NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) booking reports.

Change in publication frequency

NHS Digital plan to alter the frequency this data is published from a weekly report, to monthly. This will enable us to release the data in a timelier manner.

If you would like to raise any concerns about this change, please contact [email protected] with the subject title ‘Weekly Booking report frequency change'.

About this data

The data is derived direct from eRS and is defined as the initial booking of a referral, excluding re-bookings. This is not the same as the referral itself being made via e-RS (as in some circumstances, this may not be converted and booked via e-RS).

Paper Switch Off and the revised standard contract is concerned with referrals being made via e-RS, as opposed to the booking, which is what is reported here. NHS England and NHS Digital are working towards using SUS+ to become the measure used to ensure compliance with the Standard Contract.