Remove fuzzy-search from cascading PDS search algorithm #4476
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We have seen at least two cases where fuzzy matching in PDS returned a patient that was obviously wrong (first name and last name swapped around and spellings completely different, and postcode different). We think it is safest to remove the last search step (fuzzy step) from the cascading search
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We have seen at least two cases where fuzzy matching in PDS returned a patient that was obviously wrong (first name and last name swapped around and spellings completely different, and postcode different). We think it is safest to remove the last search step (fuzzy step) from the cascading search. The updated flow is below.
https://nhsd-jira.digital.nhs.uk/browse/MAV-1886