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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Booking and Referral - FHIR API
Send booking and referral information between NHS service providers using our Booking and Referral FHIR API.
REST API Internet facing FHIR Referrals and bookings A&E / emergency department NHS 111 R4 Intermediary Ambulance services Uses API platform Uses digital onboarding Uses OASChild 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 onboardingGP Registrations Management Information API
Send real-time management information about GP registrations to us at NHS Digital.
Central Uses API platform GP / primary care REST API Continuity of care Internet facing Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingHealth Research Data Catalogue API
Retrieve information suitable for publication in a health research data catalogue.
Access to records Key care information REST Has sandbox Uses API platform API Central Internet facing Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingImmunisation History - FHIR API
Access a patient’s coronavirus (COVID-19) immunisation history.
Central REST Vaccination FHIR Patient-facing API Has sandbox R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingMessage Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API
Transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations using the Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API.
Messaging MESH API Central Transport / infrastructure Internet facing Uses OAS REST Uses digital onboardingNational Events Management Service - FHIR API
Publish and subscribe to patient-centric healthcare event messages with the National Events Management Service (NEMS) FHIR API. This national service is implemented on the NHS Spine.
FHIR Continuity of care MESH API Central Transport / infrastructure NEMS STU3 Internet facing Publish-subscribe events Uses digital onboardingNational Record Locator - FHIR API
Locate and access patient information shared by other healthcare organisations using the National Record Locator (NRL) FHIR API.
REST API Central Internet facing Access to records Transport / infrastructure FHIR R4 STU3 Uses digital onboardingNHS App API
Engage with users of the NHS App.
Hospital GP / primary care Patient-facing Patient communication REST API FHIR R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Central Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingNHS CIS2 Care Identity Authentication
Verify the identity of healthcare workers in England, such as NHS staff, using the NHS Care Identity Service 2 (CIS2). CIS2 uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard to provide single 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 integration