Feature updates

1. Notification preferences header change

On the patient profile page, the heading for notification preferences has changed from ‘Email notification preferences’ to 'Notification preferences’ because we now support notifications via SMS and the NHS App.

Additionally, if a patient has their notifications turned off via a request to ‘Do not contact’, the notification section will make this clear.

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Bug fixes

1. HL7 patient identification processing

We've improved how we process Health Level Seven (HL7) messages.

Previously, if a single HL7 message contained multiple patient IDs within the PID.2 or PID.3 segments, only the first ID was processed, and all subsequent IDs were silently ignored.

With this update, we now process and validate all patient IDs provided within the PID.2 and PID.3 segments, ensuring that messages are correctly linked to an existing patient using any of the provided identifiers.

Technical improvements

1. Clinical trials banner added to Tests and Imaging pages

If a patient may be eligible for a clinical trial, they will now see a banner about the trial on the Tests and Imaging pages. We are adding the banner to multiple pages so that more patients have the chance to see it. Read more about how PKB supports clinical trials in our manual.

2. EMIS Web PFS API certificate update

We have updated the certificate for our EMIS Web Patient-Facing Services (PFS) API integration. This is a routine update, and will ensure our integration with the EMIS Web PFS API remains fully operational.