Important: Site under development by NHS Digital, it is advised not to develop against these specifications until a formal announcement has been made.

2.0.1-beta Released: 19-10-20

• Updated description for ‘supportingInfo’ element for the Appointment resource.
• Updated description for ‘particpant’ element for the Appointment resource.
• Added guidance for using ‘incomingReferral’ element for the Appointment resource.
• Updated contained resource guidance for the Appointment resource.
• Updated search parameters guidance when searching for free slots

2.0.0-beta Released: 19-08-20

• Renamed from NHS FHIR Scheduling API to NHS FHIR Booking API.
• Updated Appointment guidance to include mandatory Appointment.end to align with the FHIR standard.
• Updated Appointment.created guidance to align with the FHIR standard.
• Updated Appointment.contained to include Slot as a contained resource.
• Updated Appointment examples.
• Updated Patient identifier guidance in line with CareConnect-Patient-1 profile.
• Updated ‘success’ behaviour for cancelling an Appointment.
• Updated Slot elements.
• Updated ‘Search for free slots’ example.
• Updated ‘Search for appointments’ example.
• Updated ‘Get an appointment’ examples.
• Updated development guidance on validating resources.

1.0.6-alpha Released: 09-04-2020

• Updated guidance on the use of ASID.
• Updated appointment examples.

1.0.5-alpha Released: 13-01-2020

• Updates to the patient identifier system.
• Updated JWT guidance.
• Updated appointment description field.

1.0.4-alpha Released: 24-06-2019

• Added missing resources.
• Added overall sequence diagram and more detailed process steps.
• Added concept of the registry.
• Cleaned out some redundant files.
• Added validated example resources.
• Added links to demonstrator, validator and JWT utilities.
• Added references to versioning of Appointment resources.

1.0.3-alpha Released: 05-12-2018

• Clarified Search for free slots text and added RESTful parameter query
• Added DocumentReference resource for attaching CDA documents to Appointments
• DocumentReference resource added to the example in Book an Appointment

1.0.2-alpha Released: 01-11-2018

Changes made in response to the wider team review including business analysts/technical architects.

• Overview diagram updated with cardinality changes
• Search for free slots diagram UI mock up refined
• Search for free slots information updated
• Book an appointment information updated
• Tags removed sitewide
• Profile pages re-formatted with broken links/numbering fixed

1.0.1-experimental Released: 25-09-2018

Changes made in response to the internal team review.

• Flow diagram changed to represent data flow accurately, cardinality updated
• Email feedback removed
• Top navigation links removed
• Profile pages fixed to point to correct FHIR profiles
• Sidebar menu “FHIR” wording removed
• Overview FHIR Profiles page, added clearer definition of the process
• FHIR profile pages, added FHIR elements detailed descriptions
• Warning banner text updated
• FAQ section edited

1.0.0-experimental

Early development phase, to define the requirements against FHIR profiles.