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These are the APIs which are currently available, or in development, from NHS Digital and associated organisations. It includes APIs as well as API standards defined by us. For other data standards, see the NHS Data Standards Directory.

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Clinical 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.

Clinical decision support Hospital A&E / emergency department Patient-facing GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care NHS 111 API standard FHIR STU3 REST
Retired

Crisis Care Extract API

Send a CDA document containing Crisis Care Extract information supporting the sharing of care plans for urgent and emergency care.

Continuity of care Key care information Messaging Hospital A&E / emergency department GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care API

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In production

Digital Child Health - FHIR

Share information about a child's health between healthcare workers.

Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Mental health GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Publish-subscribe events Internet facing FHIR STU3 MESH NEMS

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Draft

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.

Prescribing Dispensing Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care API standard FHIR STU3
In production Deprecated

Electronic 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. This is now deprecated.

Prescribing Dispensing Community health A&E / emergency department GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care OOH GP API Central HL7 V3 Has adaptor
Retired

Emergency Department - HL7 V3

Send an emergency department report following discharge or transfer of responsibility for a patient.

Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Message integration HL7 V3

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Beta In production

GP Connect Access Document - FHIR API

Retrieve unstructured documents from a patient’s GP practice record.

Access to records Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 API Intermediary FHIR STU3 REST
In production

GP Connect Access Record: HTML - FHIR API

View a patient's GP practice record, with read-only access.

Access to records Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 API Intermediary FHIR DSTU2 REST
In production

GP Connect Access Record: Structured - FHIR API

Retrieve structured information from a patient’s GP practice record.

Access to records Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 API Intermediary FHIR STU3 REST
In production

GP Connect Appointment Management - FHIR API

Manage GP practice appointments between different systems.

Continuity of care Referrals and bookings Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 API Intermediary FHIR STU3 REST
In production

GP Connect Send Document - FHIR

Send a PDF consultation summary to a registered GP practice.

Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Message integration Internet facing FHIR STU3 MESH

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Retired

Health Protection Electronic Notification API

Inform Public Health England (PHE) that a notifiable disease has been diagnosed in a patient, using our Health Protection Electronic Notification (HPEN) API. Includes PHE's response message.

Messaging Information governance Tests and diagnostics Community health Hospital A&E / emergency department GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP API

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Interface Mechanism 1 API standards

API standards to support the integration of your systems with any principal clinical GP system using IM1.

Access to records Hospital A&E / emergency department Patient-facing GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care API standard

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Beta In production Internal

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.

Access to records Information governance Community health Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient Mental health GP / primary care Social care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP API Central Internet facing FHIR STU3 REST
Draft

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.

Access to records Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services API standard FHIR STU3
Retired

National Population Failsafe Management - FHIR API

Raise failsafe alerts about children with the National Population Failsafe Management (NPFM) FHIR API.

Continuity of care Key care information Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Mental health GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care API Intermediary Internet facing FHIR
Active

NHS 111 API standard

API standard to 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 services NHS 111 API standard SOAP HL7 V3 Has adaptor

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In production

Organisation Data Service - FHIR API

Access a reduced dataset of health and social care organisations in England and Wales, such as trusts or GP practices, using our Organisation Data Service (ODS) FHIR API. 

Community health Dentistry Hospital A&E / emergency department Outpatient Mental health Pharmacy GP / primary care Social care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP API FHIR STU3 REST Uses OAS
In production

Organisation Data Service - ORD API

Access the full dataset of health and social care organisations in England and Wales, such as trusts or GP practices, using our Organisation Data Service (ODS) Organisation Reference Data (ORD) API. 

Reference data Community health Dentistry Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Outpatient Mental health Pharmacy GP / primary care Social care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP API Central Internet facing REST SOAP

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In production

Personal Demographics Service Notifications - FHIR

Receive notifications about changes to a patient's demographic details, including record change, birth, death, change of address and change of GP.

Continuity of care Demographics Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Mental health GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Publish-subscribe events Internet facing FHIR STU3 MESH NEMS

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In production

Transfer of Care Emergency Care Discharge - FHIR

Send discharge information from an emergency care provider to a GP practice.

Continuity of care Hospital A&E / emergency department GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Message integration Internet facing FHIR STU3 MESH

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Retired

Visitors and Migrants - FHIR API

Identify overseas visitors and migrants liable for charging for their healthcare with the Visitors and Migrants FHIR API.

Continuity of care Key care information Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Mental health GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care API Central FHIR DSTU2