Known Issues
Organization resource in Search for free slots returned Bundle
A business requirement to include Organization
was listed in a previous version of Search for free slots, without the corresponding FHIR request parameter to allow the resource to be returned in the Bundle
(according to the FHIR rules for inclusion).
At the current time consumer systems are using this Organization
resource in their appointment booking products and so this resource cannot immediately be removed from the Bundle.
In order to ensure the known issue does not cause problems for providers or consumers, and to support a transition to fixing the issue, the following requirements apply for the current time:
Provider systems SHALL continue to return the
Organization
resource in the Search for free slotsBundle
, except where no matchingSlot
resources were found.Provider systems SHALL accept the
_include:recurse=Location:managingOrganization
parameter in the Search for free slots request without returning an error, however SHALL continue to return theOrganization
resource regardless of whether this parameter is present.Consumer systems SHALL send the
_include:recurse=Location:managingOrganization
parameter, IF they require correspondingOrganization
resources to be returned in theBundle
.
{% include important.html content="In a future version of GP Connect API, Organization
resources will only be returned where the _include:recurse=Location:managingOrganization
parameter is passed by consumers, therefore consumers shall pass this parameter if they require the Organisation
resource to continue to be returned as part of their Search for free slots response." %}