For a Patient:

Requests to relevant Health and Care Organisations for advice or handover of care that is efficiently managed, in turn providing better quality of care for the Patient.

For GP Practice:

Management of Referrals with technology to provide better efficiency to the Organisation, by using mechanisms to create Referral information.

E00148 - create Referral information for Patients

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to create Referral information for Patients

So that Referral information is created for Patients when they are referred to other Healthcare Organisations

Acceptance Criterion 1: create Referral information for Patients

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to create Referral information for Patients

When the Health or Care Professional selects to create Referral information for a Patient

Then the Recipient Healthcare Organisation is recorded

And the Recipient Health or Care Professional is recorded

And the reason for the Referral is recorded

And the referring Staff Member’s information is recorded

And the date of the Referral is recorded

And the type of Referral is recorded as a coded clinical term

And the Referral information is created for the Patient

E00149 - e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

As a Health or Care Professional 

I want to send Referral requests to the e-Referrals Service (e-RS) for Patients

So that Referral requests can be made to the e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

Acceptance criterion 1: send Referral requests to the e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to send Referral requests to the e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

When the Health or Care Professional selects to send the Referral request for a Patient

Then the Referral request is sent to the e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

E00150 - manage e-Referrals

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to manage e-Referrals

So that electronic Referrals can be made to other Health or Care Professionals for Patients

Acceptance criterion 1: create an e-Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage e-Referrals 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to create an e-Referral 

Then the e-Referral is created

Acceptance criterion 2: view an e-Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage e-Referrals

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view an e-Referral

Then the e-Referral is displayed

Acceptance criterion 3: amend an e-Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage e-Referrals

When the Health or Care Professional selects to amend an e-Referral

Then the e-Referral is amended

Acceptance criterion 4: delete an e-Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage e-Referrals

When the Health or Care Professional selects to delete an e-Referral

Then the e-Referral is deleted 

E00151 - manage manual Referrals

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to manage manual Referrals

So that the process of manually referring Patients to other Healthcare Organisation is supported

Acceptance criterion 1: create a manual Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage manual Referrals 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to create a manual Referral

Then the manual Referral is created

Acceptance criterion 2: view a manual Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage manual Referrals

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view a manual Referral

Then the manual Referral is displayed

Acceptance criterion 3: amend a manual Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage manual Referrals 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to amend a manual Referral

Then the manual Referral is amended

Acceptance criterion 4: delete a manual Referral

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to manage manual Referrals

When the Health or Care Professional selects to delete a manual Referral

Then the manual Referral is deleted 

E00152 - Referral reports

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to view Referral reports

So that reports relating to Referrals for Patients can be viewed

Acceptance criterion 1: view a Referral report

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to view Referral reports

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view a Referral report

Then the report is displayed 

Suppliers will have to attain compliance with this Standard during the compliance stage before they can be live on a framework with this Capability:

• Interoperability Standard

• Overarching Standards