Status:

This endpoint has been deprecated, meaning you should not use it for new integrations.

Instead, please use our newer e-RS FHIR API solution which is documented here: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir

Description

Once a referring organisation has booked an appointment and appropriate clinical referral information has been added, the referral is available for the service provider to review (via the Referrals for Review worklist). As part of this review process, a provider can accept the referral into their service, i.e. it meets all the criteria for treatment at the service. Users will be able to carry out this action in their preferred system using this API.

Providers can also choose to reject the referral, using A014: Reject Referral, if they feel it’s inappropriate for their service or they require additional referral information to make a decision.

Resource URL

• {Base URL} (Dev1) = https://api.dev1.ers.ncrs.nhs.uk/ers-api
• The {ubrn} represents the unique booking reference number of the Advice and Guidance Request for which the caller is obtaining the “Advice and Guidance summary”

Operation Definition

• eRS-AcceptReferral-Operation-1

Prerequisite Conditions

• The user is a workgroup member (or in the case of an SPCA, is logged in on behalf of a workgroup member) for the service associated to the current appointment booking;

• There is a currently booked appointment (future dated) and there is referrer clinical information associated with the referral

• The referral exists on the Referrals for Review worklist and can be determined by using A008: Retrieve Worklist

• Detailed referral information, including clinical referral information and attachments can be obtained via A005: Retrieve Referral Request

INPUT

Request Operation: Header

Note: n is the VersionId of the Referral and this can be retrieved by fetching the Referral details.
It must be the ID of the latest version of the referral in e-RS.

Request Operation: Body

There is no request body required for this API.

Example URI

https://api.dev1.ers.ncrs.nhs.uk/ers-api/STU3/v1/ReferralRequest/000000098878/$ers.acceptReferral

Example Request Header

XAPI_ASID:999000000045
HTTP_X_SESSION_KEY:pro-api-session:e96357b1-298d-4159-ac58-a8953c3262c6"
Content-Type:application/fhir+json
If-Match:W/\"10\"

OUTPUT

Response: Success

If successful, the referral is accepted and an indication of success returned with:

• A HTTP status code 200 (OK);
• Referral request (https://fhir.nhs.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/eRS-ReferralRequest-1)
  (With an eRSAppointment (appointment.status) code and display of “booked”)
• UBRN version number

Example Response Header

X_ERS_TRANSACTION_ID:cd7c124c-59ee-4e95-a1be-06b13d7d2c72-1
ETag:W/\"11\"
Content-Disposition:inline;filename=f.txt
Content-Type:application/fhir+json

Example Response Body

Note: These examples may contain environment specific URLs and test data, these should be replaced with appropriate values for your implementation.

• Response

Response: Failure

If an error occurs, the relating HTTP status code will be returned in the header. Where status code 422 (Unprocessable Entity) is returned then an eRS-OperationOutcome-1 will be included in the body, as detailed below: