e-Referral Service

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20 November 2023

The Christie to create openEHR Patient, E-Referral solutions with Avenue3

The Christie has signed a two-year contract with Avenue3 to build and deploy its Patient Engagement Platform and E-Referral solutions.
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A doctor consults with a patient
21 December 2018

NHS e-Referral Service hits 100m bookings since 2005 launch

Launched in 2005, the service allows patients or clinicians to book appointments in hospital or other care settings online.
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5 September 2018

England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch

In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital
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Ripping Up Paper
4 September 2018

North of England rip up paper referrals ahead of October deadline

A total of 47 acute hospital trusts and 2,479 GP practices have now switched, almost five weeks ahead of the
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A clinician using a tablet device
2 May 2018

Well done, Darling: Hospital referrals go 100% electronic for North East England STP

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a fully electronic referral service for hospital appointments.
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15 March 2018

NHS providers given financial incentive to move to e-referrals

Provider trusts will now only receive payment for outpatient appointments for which the referral was made electronically, in a change
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10 March 2016

£55m to increase e-Referral uptake

NHS England has set aside £55 million to reward GPs and hospitals to increase the uptake of electronic referrals to
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12 October 2015

NHS e-Referral Service fails to report

The NHS e-Referral Service is not producing any reports for users - nearly four months after go-live.
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15 June 2015

Users unable to access E-Referrals

GPs and NHS trusts are unable to access the new NHS e-Referral Service just hours after it was launched, due
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9 June 2015

E-Referral Service booked in for Monday

The NHS e-Referral Service will finally go live this Monday, replacing Choose and Book; but users shouldn't expect major changes
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