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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 CentralClinical Decision Support API standards
API standards to support the triage and onward referral of patients who are interacting with Urgent and Emergency Care services, such as NHS 111.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Patient / Citizen GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Clinical Decision Support FHIR REST API StandardD
Digital Child Health - FHIR API
Share information about a child's health between healthcare professionals.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Mental Health GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR MESH API Service IntermediaryE
Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration API standards
Use these API standards to share medication requests between ePMA systems and hospital pharmacy or stock control systems.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Prescribing Dispensing FHIR API StandardElectronic Prescription Service - HL7 V3 API
Access the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) to send prescriptions from prescribers such as GPs to dispensers such as pharmacies using our HL7 V3 API.
Community health A&E / Emergency Department GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department OOH GP Prescribing Dispensing HL7 V3 API Service CentralEmergency Department - HL7 V3 API
Send an emergency department report following discharge or transfer of responsibility for a patient.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) HL7 V3 API Service IntermediaryG
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 IntermediaryGP 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 IntermediaryGP 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 IntermediaryGP Connect Appointment Management - FHIR API
Manage GP practice appointments between different systems.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Appointment / Scheduling Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR REST API Service IntermediaryGP Connect Send Document - FHIR API
Send a PDF consultation summary to a registered GP practice.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR REST MESH API Service IntermediaryN
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 CentralNational 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 StandardNational Population Failsafe Management - FHIR API
Raise failsafe alerts about children with the National Population Failsafe Management (NPFM) FHIR API.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Mental Health GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) Key Care Information FHIR API Service IntermediaryNHS 111 API
Share information between NHS 111 and other organisations, such as GPs and ambulance services, and query the Repeat Caller Service.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department SOAP HL7 V3 MESH API Service IntermediaryO
Organisation Data Service - FHIR API
Access details of health and social care organisations using our Organisation Data Service (ODS) FHIR API.
Community health Dentistry Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient Mental Health Pharmacy GP / Primary Care Social Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department OOH GP Reference Data FHIR API Service CentralOrganisation Data Service - ORD API
Access details of health and social care organisations using our Organisation Data Service (ODS) ORD API.
Community health Dentistry Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Outpatient Mental Health Pharmacy GP / Primary Care Social Care Urgent And Emergency Care Ambulance NHS 111 A&E / Emergency Department OOH GP Reference Data REST SOAP API Service CentralP
Personal Demographics Service Notifications - FHIR API
Receive notifications about changes to a patient's demographic details, including birth, death, change of address and change of GP.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department Inpatient Mental Health GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) Demographics FHIR MESH API Service IntermediaryT
Transfer of Care Emergency Care Discharge - FHIR API
Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information supporting an emergency care discharge.
Hospital A&E / Emergency Department GP / Primary Care Urgent And Emergency Care A&E / Emergency Department Continuity of Care (ToC) FHIR MESH API Service Intermediary