API and integration catalogue
These are the APIs and integrations which are currently available, or in development, from NHS England and associated organisations. It includes APIs as well as API standards defined by us. For other data standards, see the NHS Data Standards Directory.
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Access Control Service HL7 V3 API
Manage patient consent to share their information, including their Summary Care Record (SCR), with the Access Control Service.
Community health Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Access to records Mental health OOH GP Pharmacy HL7 V3 API Central CIS2 authenticationAlerts - HL7 V3 API
Send an alert to a Privacy Officer so they can audit whether access to a patient’s data was appropriate.
Community health Hospital Mental health Pharmacy GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP Information governance HL7 V3 API Central Has adaptor CIS2 authenticationAmbulance Data Submission - FHIR API
Submit ambulance data to our Data Processing Service (DPS) for analysis and review by NHS England and ambulance trusts, using our Ambulance Data Submission - FHIR API (formerly Ambulance Analytics).
MESH Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services FHIR API Central Has sandbox R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS RESTChild Protection - Information Sharing - HL7 V3 API
Access child protection information from Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) from a healthcare setting.
Community health Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Social care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services OOH GP Access to records Key care information HL7 V3 API Central Has adaptor MESH Uses digital onboarding CIS2 authenticationCIS2 Authentication
Verify the identity of healthcare workers in England, such as NHS staff, using Care Identity Service (CIS). CIS2 Authentication uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard to provide sign-on across local and national digital services using smartcards or modern alternatives.
Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Security API Central Internet facing Uses digital onboarding UI integrationDemographics Batch Service
Submit a file of patient information to the Spine for tracing against the Personal Demographics Service (PDS).
Central Community health Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Mental health OOH GP Pharmacy Demographics Internet facing Message integrationDirectory of Services - Urgent and Emergency Care - REST API
Access information on a wide range of health and care services across England using our Directory of Services (DoS) Urgent and Emergency Care REST API.
Patient-facing GP / primary care NHS 111 Reference data REST API Central Internet facing Urgent and emergency care Uses OASDirectory of Services - Urgent and Emergency Care - SOAP API
Access information on a wide range of health and care services across England using our Directory of Services Urgent and Emergency Care SOAP API.
GP / primary care NHS 111 Urgent and emergency care Patient-facing Reference data SOAP API Central Internet facingElectronic Prescription Service - HL7 V3 API
Access the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) to send prescriptions from prescribers such as GPs to dispensers such as pharmacies using our HL7 V3 API. This is now deprecated.
Community health GP / primary care A&E / emergency department Prescribing Urgent and emergency care OOH GP Dispensing HL7 V3 API Central Has adaptor CIS2 authenticationElectronic Prescription Service Directory of Services API
Access information about dispensing services, including searching for dispensers who can provide dispensing services for a patient with a given location and urgency, using our Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Directory of Services (DoS) API.
Urgent and emergency care OOH GP Prescribing Dispensing Reference data REST API Central Internet facing