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ITK ADW MESH validator

The Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) Assessment Discharge and Withdrawal Notice (ADW) Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) validator has been developed to assist organisations who wish to send ADW messages over the MESH transport (either by client or API) to ensure that the messages they are constructing are valid according to ITK Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) schemas and requirements.

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This standard will not be updated and there will be no further development on this product.

It should be noted that the product does not support the Discharge to Assess process.

Any development to this standard will be at the supplier’s risk as it doesn’t support government policy. 

For any questions, please contact enquries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk.

To use the Validator, download the pack provided below which consists of a zip file containing:

  • installer Jar file*
  • user guide
  • example .ctl and .dat files

*Please note installation of JRE 1.8.0 or later is a pre-requisite for use of this validation tool.

ADW MESH validator pack

ITK ADW MESH Validator and supporting documents.

ADW MESH validator V2

zip 21 MB

Further information

internal ADW-MESH validator user guide

The ADW-MESH validator has been developed to assist organisations who wish to send ADW messages over the MESH transport to ensure that the messages they are constructing are valid according to ITK FHIR schemas and requirements.

Last edited: 12 January 2022 11:51 am