GP Connect (Patient Facing) Prescriptions - FHIR API

This guidance is under active development by NHS Digital and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.
Note: This is a deprecated version (draft) of the specification - please see the latest for the latest version.

Extensions

Extension UK Core Medication Repeat Information

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extension:medicationRepeatInformation

DataType Optionality Cardinality
Extension required 0:1

This extension must be present for continuous and continuous-repeat-dispensing therapy types.

medicationRepeatInformation.authorisationExpiryDate

Only populate for a MedicationRequest with an intent = plan. For a MedicationRequest with an intent = order this is not populated.

medicationRepeatInformation.numberOfPrescriptionsIssued

Running total of number of issues made against a repeat authorisation.

MUST be zero, if not yet issued.

Example

"extension": [
  {
       "url": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-MedicationRepeatInformation",
       "extension": [
           {
               "url": "numberOfRepeatPrescriptionsIssued",
               "valueUnsignedInt": 3
           },
           {
               "url": "authorisationExpiryDate",
               "valueDateTime": "2022-08-07"
           }
       ]
   }
]
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