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NHS login API
Access multiple digital health and social care services with a single login for patients and the public, including authentication for returning users.
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Overview
Use this API to enable patients and the public to access multiple digital health and social care services with NHS login, a single re-usable login.
You benefit from:
- using a trusted and secured identity platform
- choosing a proper level of end user verification
- displaying a brand name the public recognises
- meeting the Identity Verification and Authentication Standard (DCB3051)
This API uses OpenID Connect 1.0 which is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol.
For more details, see NHS Login: guidance for partners and developers
Last edited: 5 February 2021 10:15 am