DataStandardsWales-Location

Overview

The Location resource contains information about a physical place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated. Typical examples include buildings, wards, corridors, rooms or beds, but may also include mobile clinics, a vehicle or lift, or a patient's home.

The DataStandardsWales-Location profile is derived from the UK Core Location Profile. It defines additional rules for use within health and care organisations in Wales. Further guidance on the use of the Location resource along with other administrative FHIR resources is provided within the guidance section of this guide.

A direct link to the Data Standards Wales asset can be accessed here - Data Standards Wales Location

Formal Views of Profile Content

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Mandatory and Must Support Data Elements

Refer to the Mandatory and Must Support page for guidance on how these elements should be interpreted.

Each Location must support:

  1. An identifier *
  2. A status of the location (i.e. whether it is active, suspended or inactive)
  3. A name of the location including a Welsh translation if applicable for the location
  4. An address for the location
  5. A physical form of the location
  6. A managing organization for the location
  7. A part of reference to signify if a location is physically part of another location

*see Implementation Guidance for the identifier element below

The Location.identifier field SHOULD contain all available identifiers. Typical identifiers include:

  • Identifiers assigned to the location by the Welsh Reference and Terminology Services (WRTS).
  • Other identifiers assigned for example by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) or the NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership (NWSSP).

The Location.status field SHOULD be populated to indicate whether the organization is active, suspended or inactive.

Slices

The following identifier slices are used with the location profile listed below. The namespaces denoting issuing authority for each identifier are defined on the Naming Systems page.

  • Location.identifier:wrtsLocationIdentifier
  • Location.identifier:glnCode
  • Location.identifier:gphcPremisesNumber
  • Location.identifier:nwsspPharmacyAccountNumber
  • Location.identifier:nhsbsaOpticianContractNumber
  • Location.identifier:nhsbsaDentalLocationIdentifier

The following slices support the structured location type:

  • Location.type:locationCategory
  • Location.type:locationType

Extensions

The extensions listed below allow a number of the data elements listed above to be supported where not currently supported by the Data Standards Wales Location profile: