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Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing - FHIR API

Share female genital mutilation (FGM) information for children under 18 with relevant NHS professionals across England using our Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing (FGM-IS) FHIR API.

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Overview

Use this API to share female genital mutilation (FGM) information for children under 18 with relevant NHS professionals across England.

You can:

  • create an FGM indicator for a patient
  • delete an FGM indicator for a patient
  • query a patient's FGM status

For more details, see Introduction to the FGM Information Sharing Service.

API status

This API is in beta.

Technology

This API is a FHIR API.

Specifically, it is based on the HL7 FHIR DSTU2 1.0.1 Messaging Implementation.

For more details, see FHIR.

Network access

You need a Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) connection to use this API.

For more details, see Network access for APIs.

Interactions

For a full list of interactions for this API, see Service Development Assets.

For details on the general structure of the interactions, see FHIR.

Last edited: 6 October 2021 5:03 pm