# Caching period for Reasonable Adjustments Flag

**URL:** <https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/caching-period-for-reasonable-adjustments-flag/2246>\
**Category:** Reasonable Adjustment Flag\
**Created:** [17 September 2024 15:45 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/caching-period-for-reasonable-adjustments-flag/2246 "2024-09-17T15:45:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![stuart.ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@stuart.ross](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/stuart.ross)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2024 15:45 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/caching-period-for-reasonable-adjustments-flag/2246/1 "2024-09-17T15:45:42Z")

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Key events for the retrieval of reasonable adjustment include:  
o Patient record retrieval  
o Appointment booking  
o Processing / recording incoming referrals  
o Generating / sending communications (e.g. letters, SMS  
messages, emails) to a patient

Can suppliers implement a ‘caching’ period where if a query has been performed in, for example, the last 24hrs, a subsequent query is not required.

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**Author:** ![dave.elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dave.elliott](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/dave.elliott)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2026 08:15 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/caching-period-for-reasonable-adjustments-flag/2246/2 "2026-07-08T08:15:52Z")

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We received a response from the NHS on this that the caching period should be “the continuous period during which one authenticated user interacts with the application from login until logout, timeout, or termination”.

Hope that helps,

Dave Elliott  
Mayden