Patient Core Records API

This guidance is under active development by NHS Digital and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.

Error Handling

All errors should be reported using a the FHIR UK Core OperationOutcome international resource.

All responses would be immediate with any content-specific errors to be presented by the OperationOutcome resource.

Example

{
  "resourceType": "OperationOutcome",
  "issue": [
    {
      "severity": "error",
      "code": "value",
      "details": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/CodeSystem/http-error-codes",
            "code": "NOT_FOUND",
            "display": "The requested resource was not found on the source system."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Depending on the requirements, the code system would need to be updated with additional values.

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