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Release APIM-R-1.40 - 21 January 2025

Find out about the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) API release.

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This feature went live in APIM Release 1.40 (21 January 2025).

The information below was correct at the time of release.

1.0 Retrieve referral worklist

This update makes a change to the referrer worklist endpoint: Retrieve referral worklist (A008).

The change will allow partners to retrieve the 'Appointment Slot Issues' (ASI) worklist via the application-restricted, unattended access mode.

There are some caveats with this security pattern. The service filter is mandatory, and you must restrict worklist retrieval to two times a day, per service.

2.0 Enforcement of FHIR instant datatype

We have identified that the e-RS API does not strictly enforce fields using the FHIR instant datatype.

FHIR documentation defines the instant datatype as: “An instant in time - known at least to the second and always includes a time zone.”

The API currently accepts FHIR instant values that:

  • do not have a time component
  • have a date and time but are missing the time zone

As part of this release, the API will begin rejecting FHIR instant values without a time component.

Later in 2025, it will also reject FHIR instant values that lack a time zone.

Last edited: 4 March 2025 11:38 am