Electronic Prescription Service FHIR API release notes
Notes on what has changed in the most recent releases of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) FHIR API.
Latest release – release v1.10.0 and v1.10.1 – released on 6 October 2026
There are no changes in this release that affect suppliers.
Release v1.9.2 – released on 29 September 2026
Change: updated descriptions for the error codes for the EPS FHIR Prescribing API
Description: some of the reason code descriptions were not accurate within the error code table for the 'Cancel a prescription' message. We have updated these so they are now accurate.
Supplier impact: informational only.
Product: this change has been made to the EPS FHIR Prescribing API specification.
Release v1.9.1 – released on 22 September 2026
There were no changes in this release that affect suppliers.
Release v1.9.0 – released on 15 September 2026
There were no changes in this release that affect suppliers.
Release v1.8.3 – released on 8 September 2026
Change: upgrade TypeScript
Description: this change upgrades TypeScript to version 7.0 across all repositories. A version bump recommended by Dependabot was failing CI/CD pipelines so this update has been deployed across all repositories.
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: this is a cross-repository change.
Change: use mise based dev container
Description: we have updated the development container's toolchain manager from asdf to mise as a supply chain security enhancement. asdf relies on independently maintained third-party plugin scripts to install language and runtime versions, while mise replaces this with a single compiled binary and a more tightly curated tool registry, along with stronger checksum verification on downloaded binaries.
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: this is a cross-repository change.
Release v1.8.2 – released on 1 September 2026
There were no changes in this release that affect suppliers.
Release v1.8.1, v1.8.0 and v1.7.1 – released on 25 August 2026
There were no changes in this release that affect suppliers.
Release v1.7.0 – released on 13 August 2026
Change: change the 10 second warning text email address
Supplier impact: informational only.
Product: this affects the Prescription Tracker.
Change: update OAS to ensure dateLastDispensed is included in the 'Download Prescriptions' response
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: EPS FHIR Dispensing API.
Release v1.6.1 – released on 4 August 2026
Change: unknown error returned when PractitionerRole.Practitioner object is empty
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: EPS FHIR Prescribing and Dispensing APIs.
Change: expand signature verification script to highlight signing smartcard series
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: EPS FHIR Prescribing and Dispensing APIs.
Release v1.6.0 – released on 28 July 2026
Change: attempting to claim a prescription in 'Claimed' status returns 'invalid message'
Supplier impact: informational only.
Endpoint: EPS FHIR Dispensing API.
Change: EPSAT – eRD claim failure
Supplier impact: informational only.
Product: EPSAT.
Change: EPSAT – 'Patient paid' checkbox not clickable on 'Claimed' page
Supplier impact: informational only.
Product: EPSAT.
Last edited: 6 October 2026 3:51 pm