NHS England Digital
type: Organization
description: NHS England Digital is the national provider of digital health technology for the NHS in England.
contact point: ContactPoint
  contact type: technical support
has offer catalog: NHS API Catalogue
  type: OfferCatalog
  item list element: Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Access the national NHS patient demographic database. Supports search, retrieval, and update of patient records.
    feature list: demographics
    feature list: patients
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: NHS number
  item list element: Electronic Prescription Service - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Transmit electronic prescriptions between prescribers and community dispensers.
    feature list: prescriptions
    feature list: medications
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: pharmacy
  item list element: Summary Care Record - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Access a patient's Summary Care Record, a national electronic record of key clinical information.
    feature list: clinical records
    feature list: summary care record
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: GP records
  item list element: National Record Locator - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Locate and access patient information shared by other NHS healthcare organisations.
    feature list: records
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: interoperability
    feature list: clinical data
  item list element: Booking and Referral - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Send booking and referral information between NHS service providers following the NHS Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS).
    feature list: referrals
    feature list: bookings
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: urgent care
  item list element: GP Connect Appointment Management - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Manage appointments across GP practices via a FHIR STU3 API.
    feature list: GP
    feature list: appointments
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: primary care
  item list element: e-Referral Service - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Interact with the NHS e-Referral Service, the national paperless referral system for primary and secondary care.
    feature list: referrals
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: secondary care
    feature list: e-RS
  item list element: Immunisation History - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Retrieve a patient's immunisation history recorded in NHS national systems.
    feature list: immunisation
    feature list: vaccination
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: clinical data
  item list element: NHS App API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Engage with users of the NHS App via in-app messages and native push notifications.
    feature list: NHS App
    feature list: notifications
    feature list: patient communications
    feature list: FHIR
  item list element: Directory of Healthcare Services (Service Search) API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Search for NHS healthcare services across England.
    feature list: directory
    feature list: healthcare services
    feature list: search
    feature list: REST
  item list element: NHS Login API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Authenticate patients using NHS login implementing OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0.
    feature list: authentication
    feature list: identity
    feature list: OAuth 2.0
    feature list: OpenID Connect
    feature list: patients
  item list element: Spine Directory Service - FHIR API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Query the Spine Directory Service to look up endpoint information and service metadata for NHS organisations.
    feature list: Spine
    feature list: directory
    feature list: FHIR
    feature list: organisations
  item list element: Health Research Data Catalogue API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Retrieve metadata about NHS health datasets suitable for publication in health research catalogues.
    feature list: research
    feature list: datasets
    feature list: metadata
    feature list: REST
  item list element: NHS Website Content API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Pull structured content from the NHS.UK website about health conditions, medications, and guidance.
    feature list: content
    feature list: health information
    feature list: REST
    feature list: NHS website
  item list element: Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API
    type: SoftwareApplication
    application category: WebAPI
    description: Exchange messages and data files between NHS organisations using MESH national messaging infrastructure.
    feature list: messaging
    feature list: MESH
    feature list: interoperability
    feature list: data exchange
area served: England
base URL: https://api.service.nhs.uk
sandbox URL: https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk
authentication: OAuth 2.0
authentication: private-key JWT
authentication: NHS CIS2 Care Identity
authentication: NHS login
authentication: API-key
catalogue: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue
platform: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/api-platform
onboarding: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/onboarding-process
community: https://developer.community.nhs.uk