WARNING
This guidance is under active development by NHS England and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.Errors and Amendments
The resource with the issue SHOULD have the status changed to the relevant code along with the the DiagnosticReport and Compostion resource as per tables below
Composition vs Canonical Status
| Code | Display | Definition | Canonical Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| preliminary | Preliminary | This is a preliminary composition or document (also known as or interim). The content may be incomplete or unverified. | ~draft |
| final | Final | This version of the composition is complete and verified by an appropriate person and no further work is planned. Any subsequent updates would be on a new version of the composition. | ~complete |
| amended | Amended | The composition content or the referenced resources have been modified (edited or added to) subsequent to being released as "final" and the composition is complete and verified by an authorized person. | ~replaced |
| entered-in-error | Entered in Error | The composition or document was originally created/issued in error, and this is an amendment that marks that the entire series should not be considered as valid. | ~error |
DiagnosticReport vs Composition Status
| DiagnosticReport status | Composition status |
|---|---|
| registered | preliminary |
| partial | preliminary |
| preliminary | preliminary |
| final | final |
| amended | amended |
| corrected | amended |
| appended | amended |
| cancelled | final |
| entered-in-error | entered-in-error |
| unknown | ANY status |
A Provenance resource SHALL be added to the document bundle stating the issue and referencing the appropriate resource(s). For multiple issues multiple Provenances SHALL be created.
The Composition.status SHALL be entered within the MNS event under filtering. For example:
{
"specversion": "1.0",
"id": "236a1d4a-5d69-4fa9-9c7f-e72bf505aa5b",
"type": "nhshco-hc-complete-1",
"subject": "9912003888",
"filtering": {
"gppractice": "G12345"
"status": "entered-in-error"
},
"source": "uk.nhs.nhs-health-check-online",
"time": "2025-04-05T17:31:00.000Z",
"dataref": "https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/patient-data-manager/FHIR/R4/Composition/b0b97bff-e3d7-4744-a09a-e55781886dd0/$document"
}