Live service information and alerts
Find out about NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) planned maintenance and service availability.
Service information
Maintenance outage - 8 July 2006
Regarding the service-impacting work planned on the NHS e-Referral service (e-RS) to implement maintenance.
Planned change timing
Thursday 9 July 2026 9:30pm Thursday 9 July 2026 11:30pm.
Planned change outage
Thursday 9 July 2026 9:30pm Thursday 9 July 2026 11:30pm (for 1-2 minutes between these times).
Expected user outcome
Users will be unable to access the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for a few minutes during the change outage window.
What is planned for this outage?
This outage is for 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: 8 July 2026 9:42 am