National Data Opt-out - MESH

As a GP system, use this integration to:

• submit a list of NHS numbers to the National Data Opt-outs Service
• receive a list back with the NHS numbers removed for those patients who have opted out of their data being used

You can use the Check for National Data Opt-outs Service to get existing National Data Opt-out preferences for one or more patients. If your use case is not met by the National Data Opt-outs Service, contact us.

This integration uses MESH to send and receive messages.

The following API is related to this message integration:

• National Data Opt-out - FHIR API - Use this API to capture patients' preferences and control sharing of their data by healthcare organisations for planning and research purposes using National Data Opt-out (NDOP).

This message integration is in production.

This integration uses MESH which is a silver service, meaning it is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year but only supported during business hours (8am to 6pm), Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

For more details, see service levels.

This integration uses MESH to send and receive messages.

The message payload conforms to the FHIR global standard for health care data exchange. Specifically, it conforms to FHIR STU3 and to our ITK3 Messaging Distribution standard.

This message integration uses the following MESH workflow ID to pass information between GP systems and the National Data Opt-out services:

• SPINE_NTT_UPHOLDING

For details of interactions for this integration, see Check for National Data opt-outs Service.