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NHS: Electronic Prescription Service - FHIR API

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Use this API to access the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) https://digital.nhs.uk/services/electronic-prescription-service - the national service used to send electronic prescriptions from GP surgeries to pharmacies.-n-nYou can:-n-n prepare a secondary care (outpatient) prescription for signing-n create a secondary care (outpatient) prescription-n evaluate prescription signing client implementations-n-nYou cannot currently use this API to:-n-n prepare a primary care prescription for signing-n create a primary care prescription-n prepare a secondary care (other than outpatient) prescription for signing-n create a secondary care (other than outpatient) prescription-n prepare a tertiary care prescription for signing-n create a tertiary care prescription-n cancel a prescription-n check the status of a prescription-n release a prescription for dispensing-n claim for a dispensed prescription-n Track prescriptions or check a prescriptions status-n-nCurrently, this API can only be accessed by healthcare professionals, authenticated with an NHS smartcard or equivalent.-n-nPlease use the following values for courseOfTherapyType depending on the submitted prescription type:-n-n acute => acute-n repeat => continuous-n repeat-dispensing => continuous-repeat-dispensing-n