NHS Digital FHIR Medicines

MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed

This element was introduced in HL7 FHIR R4 and duplicates the element numberOfRepeatPrescriptionsAllowed in

FHIR Version Extension
UKCore R4 https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-MedicationRepeatInformation
CareConnect (GP Connect) STU3 https://fhir.nhs.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/Extension-CareConnect-GPC-MedicationRepeatInformation-1
CareConnect STU3 https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-CareConnect-MedicationRepeatInformation-1

It is recommended the core element is used in FHIR R4 and future versions and the element in the UKCore extension is retired in future versions.

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