Summary release notes of the versions released in NRL API Implementation Guide.

2.8.0

Added new supported pointer types

  • End of life care plan
  • ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) form
  • Contingency plan

2.7.1

  • Corrected issue with JWT claim “requesting_organization” which origionally had organizaiton with an s

2.7.0

  • Removed vaccination retrieval until provider onboards
  • Added new class “Observations” and type “Royal College of Physicians NEWS2 (National Early Warning Score 2)” to supported pointer types

2.6.0

  • Updated draft page for vaccination retrieval inline with stratigic direction
  • Removed Beta status from spec

2.5.0

  • Deprectaion of search _summary count functionality

2.4.0

  • Specification refactor: restructure and streamline of information included
  • Introduced the Controller Catalogue page
  • Addition of supported pointer types:
    • End of life care coordination summary
    • Emergency health care plan
    • Services and care
  • Addition of structured retrieval formats (DRAFT):

2.3.0

  • Add clarification about use of versionId to Supersede interaction page
  • Update ODS code and endpoint requirements guidance
  • Remove SSP prefix from example DocumentReferences
  • Update guidance on constructing SSP URLs and percent-encoding for document retrieval
  • Add clarification about cardinality in JSON
  • Add notes about CodeableConcept data type
  • Updated glossary of terms
  • Update tags and enable filtering by tag name
  • Remove obsolete pages
  • Miscellaneous copy-edits and minor restructuring

2.2.0

  • Renamed metadata ‘Record class’ to ‘Record category’
  • Updated guidance on request headers for the retrieval read interaction
  • Updated guidance on use of CareConnect GET Binary API for unstructured retrieval
  • Added guidance on pointer model versioning
  • Updated guidance on Consumer and Provider interactions on:
    • Solution behaviour page
    • Solution interactions page
    • Development guidance overview page
  • Updated solution principles
  • Added detail on access control and RBAC codes
  • Changed the interaction ID that must be used:
    • for registering Provider document/record retrieval endpoints on SDS
    • for when Consumers perform a look-up of a Provider ASID on SDS
  • Added clarification on using absolute URLs in the Record URL metadata attribute

2.1.1

  • Updated guidance on usage of SNOMED CT concepts in FHIR value sets
  • API interaction examples updated

2.1.0

Changes to record/document retrieval requirements and updated guidance

  • API Breaking Change The custodian search parameter format has been updated
  • API Breaking Change The supported formats for retrieval have been updated
  • API Breaking Change The inclusion of the meta.profile element on the create and supersede interactions are now enforced
  • Consumer guidance on assembling SSP request updated
  • Updated JWT requirements for document/record retrieval via the SSP
  • Change to interaction ID for record retrieval via the SSP
  • Restructuring of record retrieval read interaction guidance
  • Added definition of FHIR meta attributes to the data model
  • Added clarity to the rules on the use of PATCH
  • Added clarity to the use of reference type metadata attributes
  • Added clarity on the use of NHS Number with subject/patient
  • API interaction examples updated
  • Guidance on prerequisites added to API interactions
  • Audit requirements elaborated
  • Phase 1 and Phase 2 overview updated

2.0.0

Changes to record/document retrieval requirements, new API interactions, NRL DocumentReference model changes, and updated guidance.

  • The service name has changed from NRLS (National Record Locator Service) to NRL (National Record Locator)
  • API Breaking Change The FHIR Resource NRLS-DocumentReference-1 uplifted to NRL-DocumentReference-1 - data model changes are:
    • Class: now mandatory and persisted by NRL
    • Type: ValueSet URL changed from NRLS-RecordType-1 to NRL-RecordType-1
    • Context: now mandatory
    • Context.PracticeSetting: now mandatory and persisted by NRL
    • Context.Period: now persisted by NRL
    • Content.Format: now mandatory and persisted by NRL
    • Content: has new mandatory extension of ContentStability (NRL-ContentStability-1)
    • RelatesTo: now limited to max of 1
    • RelatesTo.Code: now limited to single code of ‘replaces’
  • FHIR Resource examples (JSON/XML)
    • Source of FHIR Resource examples has been changed
    • FHIR Resource examples are now contained in a shorter scrollable code block
  • Assurance page
    • References to TOM have been changed to SCAL
    • Links to the on-boarding guide have been added
  • Developer Guidance
    • Overview page
      • NHS Number verification guidance updated
      • Actor to interaction mapping table updated
    • FHIR Resource page
      • Renamed
      • Additional data model properties detailed
      • Additional valuesets, extensions, and codesystems added
      • Master Identifier added to identifiers section
      • The term ‘Record Status’ has changed to ‘Pointer Status’
    • General API Guidance
      • Error handling updates:
        • Invalid resource section re-structured
        • Added detail for the ‘update interaction’ errors
        • Added Patient mismatch errors
        • Added masterIdentifier errors
        • Inactive DocumentReference guidance added
        • New data model error handling details added
    • New API Feature Retrieval of Records/Documents Guidance now documented in a new section under Developer Guidance, which includes:
      • An overview of retrieval
      • Read interaction requirements
      • Provider guidance
      • Consumer guidance
      • Pointer format code guidance
  • API Interactions
    • Update interaction page has been renamed to ‘Create (Supersede)’
      • New API Feature ‘Supersede’ now supports supersede by logical id
      • Now details additional error responses
      • API Breaking Change A ‘supersede’ with multiple relatesTo properties will now be rejected
      • API Breaking Change A ‘supersede’ with a relatesTo property containing a code other than ‘replaces’ will be rejected
      • New ‘Update interaction’ page created, see below
    • New API Feature RESTful ‘read’ by logical id now supported which returns a single DocumentReference resource
    • New API Feature RESTful ‘update’ now supported - using the HTTP PATCH verb
      • HTTP PATCH supports update by logical id and master identifier
    • Create interaction
      • Page details additional error responses
      • API Breaking Change Format of Location response header has been changed to [baseUrl]/DocumentReference/[id]
    • Delete interaction
      • New API Feature Now supports RESTful delete by logical id i.e. DELETE [baseUrl]/DocumentReference/[id]
      • Requirements have been moved into a single section
    • Search interaction
      • Now only returns DocumentReferences that have a ‘status’ of current
      • DocumentReferences with a format code that indicates the referenced content is to be retrieved via the SSP will have its url property modified to reflect this.
      • These changes also apply to Read Interaction
      • Bundle response now includes additional attributes:
        • Self link added
        • Search.mode added
        • Resource.fullUrl added
  • Integrate with spine
    • Security page
      • This page has been moved from Developer guidance to the Integrate with spine section
      • Overview section added
      • Further clarity on which protocols can be used
      • Updated the allowed cipher suite list
      • Guidance added for those that already have a NHS Digital supplied X.509 certificate
      • Guidance document links have been fixed
    • Access Token and Audit page renamed to Access Token (Audit has moved to its own page)
    • New audit page added
    • PDS Guidance updated
    • Authentication guidance and requirements updated to reflect content retrieval and related service name changes
  • Pointer Guidance
    • More clarity on handling errors
    • More clarity on use of the master identifier property
  • Pointer Lifecycle
    • Removed reference to transition from “entered-in-error” to current
    • More clarity on meaning of each status
    • More guidance on deleting pointers
  • Pointer Maintenance
    • More clarity on what deleting pointers does
    • More clarity on handling lineages
    • Detailed the new ‘update’ and ‘supersede’ interactions
  • Solution
    • Data model updated to reflect DocumentReference changes detailed above
    • Clarity around caching data added
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