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Project Description and Scope

The FHIR UK Core Implementation Guide as a project aims to provide UK wide FHIR implementation guidance that has applicability across jurisdictions and care settings.

The guidance includes:

  • FHIR resource components including Profiles and Extensions
  • FHIR terminology components including ValueSets and CodeSystems
  • Other general guidance useful to FHIR implementers in the UK

The guidance does not form the basis for a completely described deployable service in and of itself but is the basis from which other FHIR implementation guides can be derived.

The FHIR UK Core Implementation Guide shows only the differences between the base FHIR resources and the UK Core Profiles, and does not repeat base guidance. For this reason, it is expected to be used in conjunction with https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/.

The FHIR UK Core will never contradict the base FHIR standard but will restrict and extend resources, including amending of any ValueSets and CodeSystems, as necessary to bring in line the UK requirements. The content is relevant to the UK as a whole (4 Nations) although some nation specific CodeSystems are included and referenced in ValueSets.

Any derived profiles will follow similar guidance, and will only show the differences between the base FHIR UK Core profile and the derived profile itself.



How to Read This Guide

This Guide is divided into several pages which are listed at the top of each page in the menu bar.

  • Home: The home page provides the introduction and background for UK Core.
  • Sitemap Overview: The Guidance page provides the sitemap of UK Core IG.
    • DataType Guidance: This page gives guidance on the representation of constructs like Address, Name, and Telecom etc.
    • CodeableConcept Guidance: This page gives guidance on the processing of CodeableConcept codes such as SNOMED CT concepts and descriptions.
    • FHIR Version Guidance: This page gives guidance on UK Core and FHIR Versions beyond R4.
    • MustSupport Guidance: This page gives guidance on the the use of MustSupport flags in UK Core.
  • Profiles and Extensions: The header for pages about Extensions and Profiles
    • Extensions Index: The Extensions which have been defined for the UK Core.
    • All Extensions: This is the rendering of all Extensions defined for use within the UK Core.
    • Profiles Index: The Profiles which have been defined for the UK Core.
  • Terminology: This page lists all the Terminology assets defined as part of this Implementation Guide.
    • ConceptMaps: This page lists all the ConceptMaps defined as part of this Implementation Guide.
    • ValueSets and CodeSystems: This is the list of ValueSets and CodeSystems defined for use within the UK Core.
    • All ValueSets: This is the rendering of all ValueSets defined for use within the UK Core.
    • All CodeSystems: This is the rendering of all CodeSystems defined for use within the UK Core.
  • Examples: The header for examples of UK Core FHIR assets.
    • Examples Index: This is the list of examples available in this implementation guide
    • Profile Examples: This is the rendering of all Profile examples available in this implementation guide
    • Extension Examples: This is the rendering of all Extension examples available in this implementation guide
  • Contact Us: How to Contact the key parties associated with this implementation guide.
  • Downloads: List of downloads for this implementation guide
  • Glossary: List of abbreviations and external links used in this implementation guide

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