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Description

Retrieves a single prescription by its SCID (Script ID) for a specific patient.

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Path Parameters

  • organization_id (required, string): The unique identifier of the organization.
  • user_id (required, string): The unique identifier of the user making the request.
  • patient_id (required, string): The unique identifier of the patient.
  • scid (required, string): The unique Script ID of the prescription.

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Response

Returns the prescription details along with patient and prescriber information: 
{
  "data": {
    "patient": {
      "given_name": "John",
      "family_name": "Doe",
      "date_of_birth": "1990-01-15",
      "sex": "M",
      "patient_id": "patient-uuid",
      "partner_patient_id": "external-patient-id"
    },
    "prescription": {
      "url": "https://...",
      "scid": "ABC123",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "created_date": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "prescriber": {
        "title": "Dr",
        "given_name": "Jane",
        "family_name": "Smith",
        "user_id": "8e1c9bab-6614-4723-8981-87c8fa026dae"
      },
      "item_name": "Amoxicillin 500mg capsules",
      "quantity": "20",
      "number_of_repeats_authorised": "2",
      "pbs_code": "1234A",
      "item_strength": "500mg",
      "item_form": "capsule",
      "route_administration": "oral",
      "error": null
    }
  },
  "message": "Prescriptions retrieved successfully",
  "code": "SUCCESS"
}

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Error Status

When a prescription has encountered an error during processing, the status field will be "Error" and an error object will be included with a description: 
{
  "prescription": {
    "status": "Error",
    "error": {
      "description": "Description of the error that occurred"
    }
  }
}
When there is no error, the error field will be null.

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Error Responses

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404 Not Found

Returned when the prescription with the specified SCID does not exist for the patient: 
{
  "error": {
    "type": "PRESCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND",
    "title": "Resource not found",
    "detail": "Prescription with scid 'ABC123' not found for patient 'patient-uuid'"
  },
  "code": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND"
}

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401 Unauthorized

Returned when authentication fails or the token is invalid.

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400 Bad Request

Returned when required parameters are missing or invalid.