aid: nhs-england-digital name: NHS England Digital description: >- NHS England (incorporating the former NHS Digital and NHSX) provides national digital, data, and technology services for the NHS in England. The organization operates the Spine, the Personal Demographics Service, the Electronic Prescription Service, the Summary Care Record, e-Referral Service, NHS App, NHS.uk, and an extensive API platform of FHIR and REST APIs used by health and care providers, developers, and researchers across England. type: Index position: Consumer access: 3rd-Party image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Clinical - Demographics - FHIR - Government - Health - Healthcare - NHS - Open Data - Patient Records - Prescriptions - UK url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england-digital/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2025-03-01' modified: '2026-04-28' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: nhs-england-digital:api-platform name: NHS England API Platform description: >- The NHS England API platform hosts a catalogue of national APIs for health and care, including FHIR and REST APIs covering patient demographics, prescriptions, appointments, records, screening, and clinical terminology. The platform provides developer onboarding, sandbox environments, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and production access through API keys and signed JWT authentication. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer tags: - API Platform - Developer Portal - FHIR - Healthcare properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer - type: APIReference url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue - type: GettingStarted url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation - aid: nhs-england-digital:personal-demographics-service name: Personal Demographics Service (PDS) FHIR API description: >- The Personal Demographics Service is the national electronic database of NHS patient demographic details such as name, address, date of birth and NHS Number. The PDS FHIR API allows authorised systems to retrieve and update patient demographics for citizens registered with the NHS in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir tags: - Demographics - FHIR - Patient Records properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir - aid: nhs-england-digital:electronic-prescription-service name: Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) FHIR API description: >- The Electronic Prescription Service enables prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a dispenser of the patient's choice. The EPS FHIR API allows clinical systems to create, retrieve, release, claim, and cancel electronic prescriptions for patients in England. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/electronic-prescription-service-fhir tags: - FHIR - Pharmacy - Prescriptions properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/electronic-prescription-service-fhir - aid: nhs-england-digital:e-referral-service name: e-Referral Service (e-RS) FHIR API description: >- The NHS e-Referral Service combines electronic booking with a choice of place, date and time for first hospital or clinic appointments. The e-RS FHIR API enables clinical systems to integrate referral and booking workflows directly into the patient pathway. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir tags: - Appointments - FHIR - Referrals properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir - aid: nhs-england-digital:summary-care-record name: Summary Care Record (SCR) API description: >- The Summary Care Record holds essential patient information from the GP record. The SCR API enables authorised health and care professionals to retrieve a patient's medication, allergies and adverse reactions, and any additional information shared by the patient's GP. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/summary-care-record tags: - Clinical - Patient Records properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/summary-care-record - aid: nhs-england-digital:gp-connect name: GP Connect API description: >- GP Connect APIs allow authorised clinical systems to view and book GP services. The APIs provide structured access to GP records including medications, allergies, immunisations, observations, problems, and appointment availability across federated GP systems. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-access-record-structured tags: - Appointments - Clinical - FHIR - GP - Patient Records properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-access-record-structured - aid: nhs-england-digital:nhs-login name: NHS Login API description: >- NHS login provides a single, secure way for citizens to access NHS digital services. The NHS login API enables relying parties to authenticate users, verify identity to a known level of assurance, and obtain consented identity claims using OpenID Connect. humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-login tags: - Authentication - Identity - OpenID Connect properties: - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-login common: - type: Website url: https://digital.nhs.uk - type: Documentation url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer - type: APIReference url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue - type: GettingStarted url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation - type: Blog url: https://digital.nhs.uk/blog - type: News url: https://digital.nhs.uk/news - type: Support url: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/contact-us - type: StatusPage url: https://status.digital.nhs.uk - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/NHSDigital - type: TermsOfService url: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/terms-and-conditions - type: Privacy url: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/privacy-and-cookies - type: X url: https://x.com/NHSEngland - type: YouTube url: https://www.youtube.com/c/NHSDigital - type: Features data: - name: National FHIR APIs description: HL7 FHIR-based APIs for patient records, prescriptions, referrals, and clinical data exchange. - name: Sandbox Environments description: Free, anonymous sandbox endpoints for testing API integrations before production access. - name: OAuth 2.0 and Signed JWT description: Production authentication via OAuth 2.0 user-restricted access and application-restricted signed JWT. - name: Developer Onboarding description: Structured onboarding pathway from sandbox to integration test to production via Apigee developer portal. - name: NHS Login Identity Provider description: Citizen-facing OpenID Connect identity provider for NHS digital services. - name: Spine Connectivity description: National secure messaging and data backbone underlying the major NHS APIs. - type: UseCases data: - name: Clinical System Integration description: Integrate EHR and clinical systems with national patient demographics, prescriptions, and records. - name: Citizen-Facing Apps description: Build apps that authenticate citizens with NHS login and surface their NHS data. - name: Pharmacy Workflow description: Receive, release, dispense, and claim electronic prescriptions through the EPS API. - name: Referral Management description: Integrate appointment booking and referral workflows via the e-Referral Service. - name: GP Record Access description: View structured GP record data across federated systems via GP Connect. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com