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OpenReferralUK / human-services

Extensions proposed by the English Local Government Association (LGA) and the local government OpenCommunity project to the OpenReferral standard for human services data. Schema generator code is given to express the schema in various formats. Data conversion routines to make it conform to the standard. API that serves the data in a format compliant with the standard.
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How do the schema fit with NHS DoS schema? #9

Open LostColonel opened 4 years ago

LostColonel commented 4 years ago

Would appreciate some feedback on how the human services schema fits with the NHS DoS schema, and any planned discussions on bringing the two into line.

https://developer.nhs.uk/apis/dos-api/

MikeThacker1 commented 4 years ago

This API is part of "the Urgent & Emergency Care system workflow" and so I believe is more geared at emergency medical care than social prescribing, which is the primary focus of LGA and Open Community work.

It's hard to do a full assessment while the API is not open. I would propose making contact with the DOS Team before finalising the standard that brings together Open Community and LGA work nothing is planned in the current phase of work.

@LostColonel do say if you have views on if/how this should be aligned with the social prescribing work.

LostColonel commented 4 years ago

Not being part of the NHS, I'm sure I don't have the leverage to impact how the NHS DoS in structured. I will, however, reach out the DOS team to enquire. You will see from the Service types, )whilst the focus is on Medical services, it does stretch in community provision. In an ideal world, there would be an alignment between the two.