Live service information and alerts
Find out about NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) planned maintenance and service availability.
Service information
Maintenance outage - 1 July 2006
Regarding the service-impacting work planned on the NHS e-Referral service (e-RS) to implement maintenance.
Change timing
Wednesday 1 July 2026 4pm to Wednesday 1 July 2026 10:52pm
Change outage
Wednesday 1 July 2026 8:15pm to Wednesday 1 July 2026 10:43pm
Outcome
Completed successfully
Slot polls were not affected overnight Wednesday/Thursday.
What was planned for this outage?
This outage was for urgent proactive maintenance.
Contact details
If you have any questions, please e-mail: [email protected].
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: [email protected].
Further information
Find out about NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) releases.
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 July 2026 10:22 am