A Location at which an Organisation delivers one or more Healthcare Services.

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

Introduction

This resource is optionally returned linked to a Healthcare Service resource. For more clarification see the diagram on the FHIR Resources overview page.

Location may optionally be returned with Slots following a search for free Slots, however it is not considered important as the Location of the service has already been selected when selecting a service from the DoS.

References to FHIR Profiles

STU3 | Developed Profile: Location

STU3 | HL7 Base Profile: HealthcareService

STU3 | User Stories: -

Example resource

{
    "resourceType": "Location",
    "id": "1",
    "meta": {
        "profile": [
            "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-Location-1"
        ]
    },
    "identifier": [
        {
            "use": "usual",
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/ods-site-code",
            "value": "RTG08"
        }
    ],
    "name": "Long Eaton Clinic",
    "type": {
        "coding": [
            {
                "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/RoleCode",
                "code": "CSC",
                "display": "community service center"
            }
        ]
    },
    "telecom": [
        {
            "system": "phone",
            "value": "0115 855 4034",
            "use": "work"
        },
        {
            "system": "fax",
            "value": "0532 123 4567",
            "use": "work"
        }
    ],
    "address": {
        "use": "home",
        "type": "postal",
        "line": [
            "Midland Street",
            "Long Eaton"
        ],
        "city": "Nottingham",
        "district": "Derbyshire",
        "postalCode": "NG10 1RY"
    },
    "physicalType": {
        "coding": [
            {
                "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type",
                "code": "bu",
                "display": "Building"
            }
        ]
    },
    "managingOrganization": {
        "reference": "Organization/2",
        "display": "Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"
    }
}