Hi,
I have a requirement to lookup Gp Practices by their Commissioning Organisation.
For England and Wales, I can do this with the ODT FHIR R4 API using an /OrganizationAffiliation search and specifying role=RE4 (Is Commissioned By) and &participating-organization=<Sub ICB or LHB Code>
In the old SDS LDAP world I can identify IoM practices using nhsorgtypecode=PR5 and nhspctcode=YK1, but using the search above with YK1 only returns me dentists and pharmacies, no Gp Practices.
Looking at an example practice Y02419, the only thing exposed is RE5 (“in the geography of”), which is deprecated isn’t it? It’s pointing at YAC which is referred to in my code as a legacy NHAIS code?
Is there another way, am I misunderstanding something, or is there an omission here?
TIA!
With some tinkering, I can do an /Organization search with address-country=ISLE OF MAN and roleCode=RO72 - can you confirm if this is a workable solution?
Hi Bob
ODS receive IoM GP practice data from the NHS BSA Prescription Service. They provide us with the relationship to YAC, so this is a valid code (was not specifically for NHAIS).
We are indeed looking at deprecating the RE5 ‘in the geography of’ relationships as they can be replaced by dynamic lookups from org/site postcode to the NHS Postcode Directory to determine the current ICB/high level health geography. We have the dynamic geo data available in Data Search and Export and the ODT FHIR R4 API for English orgs, but we need to build the same capability for orgs in home countries, including IoM. This is on our backlog to address shortly. As part of this we will agree with the BSA whether mapping to YK1 is more appropriate than YAC to provide an equivalent value to ICB for IoM (as IoM pharmacies have RE4 commissioning rels to YK1).
We won’t deprecate the RE5 rels until valid alternatives are available for all home countries so you would be safe to use the RE5 IoM rels to YAC for now. However, your alternative solution of using the country value would also work in combination with the RO72 role id to identify IoM Practices.
Thanks
Laura