June 2026 monthly summary for NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api. The primary focus was enhancing the Attachments API (A042) with robust error handling and explicit HTTP 422 responses to clearly convey attachment retrieval issues. This improved client validation, reduced ambiguous failures, and strengthened API reliability for integrators. Work is fully traceable to a single commit, enabling reproducibility and easier review. Overall impact includes improved error signaling, better client UX, and reduced support overhead, contributing to faster, more reliable integrations and higher business value.

February 2026: Focused delivery on API versioning for the e-referrals service. Implemented a targeted API version bump to 1.52 for NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api, reflecting minor updates and preparing the service for upcoming platform changes. The change was implemented as a single, well-traced commit and aligned with existing release practices to minimize consumer impact.

July 2025 monthly summary for NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api: Delivered ODS APIGEE validation and allowlist enforcement based on ODS codes, introducing a new attribute 'euo_allowlist_required' to the product macro and manifest template. Implemented comprehensive integration tests in test_user_restricted.py to validate user-restricted access behavior across ODS header scenarios (valid, invalid, missing, empty). This work strengthens data security, supports regulatory compliance, and improves auditability of access control for patient referrals. No major bugs fixed were documented in this scope.

June 2025 focused on stabilizing release baselines across two e-referrals services to enable upcoming features, while maintaining strict release discipline and traceability. No functional changes were introduced this month; the work centered on version bumps, documentation, and cross-repo coordination to support downstream development and API consumer planning.