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API catalogue
These are the APIs which are currently available, or in development, from NHS Digital. If you're looking for API standards, or other reference materials, try our Developer A-Z.
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Child Protection - Information Sharing - HL7 V3 API
Access child protection information from Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) using our HL7 V3 API.
Community health Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Social Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance A&E / Emergency Department OOH GP Access to Records Key Care Information HL7 V3 MESH API Service CentralD
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Digital Maternity API standards
API standards to enable sharing and updating of digital maternity records.
Community health Hospital Maternity GP / Primary Care Access to Records Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR API StandardE
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Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions Web Services - SOAP API
Access the NHS UK Web Services to retrieve dispensaries information for a patient
Community health Pharmacy GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care OOH GP Access to Records Dispensing Reference Data SOAP API Service Central
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End of Life API standards
API standards to enable sharing and updating of digital end of life care (EoLC) records.
Community health Hospital GP / Primary Care Social Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 Access to Records FHIR API StandardG
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General Practice Extraction Service - HL7 V3 API
Send anonymised or patient-identifiable data from GP clinical systems for planning and research.
Community health Access to Records Key Care Information SOAP HL7 V3 API Service Central
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GP Connect Access Document - FHIR API
Retrieve unstructured documents from a patient’s GP practice record.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Access to Records Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR REST API Service Intermediary
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GP Connect Access Record HTML - FHIR API
View a patient's GP practice record, with read-only access.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Access to Records Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR REST API Service Intermediary
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GP Connect Access Record Structured - FHIR API
Retrieve structured information from a patient’s GP practice record.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Access to Records Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR REST API Service IntermediaryL
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Legitimate Relationship Service - HL7 V3 API
Access patients' Legitimate Relationships (LR) using our HL7 V3 API.
Hospital Access to Records Information Governance HL7 V3 API Service CentralN
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National Data Opt-out - FHIR API
Capture patients' preferences and control sharing of their data by healthcare organisations for planning and research purposes with our National Data Opt-out (NDOP) FHIR API.
Community health Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient Mental Health GP / Primary Care Social Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department OOH GP Access to Records Information Governance FHIR MESH API Service Central
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National Early Warning Score 2 API standards
API standards to enable sharing of patients' vital signs and NEWS2 scores between systems and across care boundaries, for example, between two hospitals.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance A&E / Emergency Department Access to Records Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR API Standard
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National Record Locator - FHIR API
Locate and access patient information shared by other healthcare organisations using the National Record Locator (NRL) FHIR API.
Transport / Infrastructure Access to Records FHIR API Service CentralS
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Spine Security Broker API
Provide single sign-on for Spine users.
Access to Records Security HL7 V3 API Service Central
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Summary Care Record - FHIR API
Access patient's Summary Care Record (SCR), an electronic record of important patient information, using our FHIR API.
Community health Hospital Mental Health Pharmacy GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 OOH GP Access to Records FHIR REST API Service Central
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Summary Care Record - HL7 V3 API
Access a patient's Summary Care Record (SCR) using our HL7 V3 API. Also previously known as PSIS query and GP summary.
Community health Hospital Mental Health Pharmacy GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 OOH GP Access to Records HL7 V3 API Service Central
Last edited: 30 March 2021 11:47 am