Guidance update #1167

pages/accessrecord_structured/accessrecord_structured_development_clinical_area_config.md

@@ -86,26 +86,28 @@ In the above scenarios, providers **MUST** respond in the following way:
   }
 
   ```
+
 ### Populating references to clinical areas that aren't available
-Where clinical areas are unavailable, references to them will need to be populated with a warning that the information is unavailable:
+Where clinical areas are unavailable, references to them will need to be populated with a warning that the information is unavailable. However, if the clinical item that is unavailable is also marked as confidential, then the response should be as per the [Confidential items](accessrecord_structured_development_lists_for_message_structure.html#confidential-items) guidance.
 
 Where a clinical area has been turned off, it will create a section.section.entry (or section.entry) entry with the:
 
--   `List.entry.item.display` set to “[Clinical area] items have been disabled.”
+- `List.entry.item.display` set to “[Clinical area] items have been disabled.”
 
-       Where [Clinical area] identifies the type of the clinical item that isn't available.
+  Where [Clinical area] identifies the type of the clinical item that isn't available.
 
-The example below shows references to two items, one for an observation and another for referrals that have been disabled in the provider system:
+  The example below shows references to two items, one for an observation and another for referrals that have been disabled in the provider system:
 
-```json
-{
-  "item": {
-    "reference": "Observation/6734572634"
-  }
-},
-{
-  "item": {
-    "display": "Referral items have been disabled"
-  }
-}
-```
+  ```json
+  {
+    "item": {
+      "reference": "Observation/6734572634"
+    }
+    },
+    {
+      "item": {
+        "display": "Referral items have been disabled"
+      }
+    }
+
+  ```

pages/overview/release_notes/1_5_0_release.md

@@ -908,3 +908,21 @@ These release notes now incorporate entries from the 1.4.0, 1.4.1, Access Docume
 - [Uncategorised data guidance - Representing inbound referrals](accessrecord_structured_development_uncategoriseddata_guidance#representing-inbound-referrals)
 
 ---
+
+### Updates to guidance for populating references to clinical areas that aren’t available
+
+**Tickets:**   [#1167](https://github.com/nhsconnect/gpconnect/issues/1167)
+
+**Affects:**  Access Structured
+
+**Impacts:** Provider and consumer systems
+
+**Description:**
+
+- Updated guidance for how to populate references for clinical items that are unavailable and also confidential
+
+**Pages changed:**
+
+- [Populating references to clinical areas that aren’t available](accessrecord_structured_development_clinical_area_config.html#populating-references-to-clinical-areas-that-arent-available)
+
+---