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Use this API to send a PDF consultation summary to a registered GP practice - using GP Connect Messaging.

You can:

• create messages to send using MESH
• use the HL7 FHIR STU3 interoperability standard to define the message structure
• include FHIR messaging information as defined by the ITK3 message distribution standard v2.5.0

For example, to send a document containing a patient's consultation notes to their GP practice when a patient is seen:

• at another GP practice than their own
• by an out of hours service
• by a district nurse at home

Each message sent using this API uses the GP Connect Messaging components, MESH, and ITK3, to deliver the message.

Each message sent is a FHIR Message, defined as a FHIR composition, constructed to meet the ITK3 standard with a specific payload structure.

For more details, see the GP Connect specifications for developers.

This API (v1.3.0) is stable.

This API is a FHIR API.

For more details, see FHIR.

You can access this API via:

• the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)
• the internet - but note that devices using NHS smartcards do require HSCN access

 For more details, see Network access for APIs.

For a full list of interactions for this API, see Send Document.

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