September 2025 focused on release readiness and build stability for the e-referrals suite. Key actions included removing the unused apigeetool dependency across two services and updating release versions to signal readiness. These changes streamline CI, reduce maintenance overhead, and lower release risk for downstream clients.

August 2025 monthly summary for NHSDigital e-referrals services focused on governance, release-readiness, and cross-repo collaboration. Delivered CODEOWNERS updates across patient-care-api and service-api, enabling proper review coverage for Dockerfile, packaging files, and core configs. Completed release housekeeping via version bumps: patient-care-api to 1.40-beta and service-api to 1.48. No major bug fixes were required this month; effort centered on governance, versioning, and process improvements with clear business value.

July 2025 monthly summary focusing on release readiness and governance through API version management across the e-referrals suites. Key changes were version bumps with no functional changes, enabling downstream integration, client visibility, and smoother production deployments. Coordinated with stakeholders under ERSSUP-89406 to ensure alignment and documentation readiness.