News
Deprecation note update 10 February: deprecated identity agents and smartcard update
Dates by which NHS Digital will no longer provide support and then access for older product version of the smartcards and Identity Agent (IA) Clients.
Release notes now in a dedicated area
Digital Staff Passport release notes are now published in a different area of this website.
Smartcard series 4, 5 and 6 are being phased out from 31 January 2025
Certificate renewal will end in January, and authentication with these smartcards will no longer be available after 30 April 2025.
You can now see all active employment assignments in Digital Staff Passport
ESR (Electronic Staff Record) made changes on 10 January 2025 and you can now see all active assignments in DSP.
Guidance for Registration Authority users on creating a profile for a staff member with an eVisa
Changes to creating new user profiles with the start of the rollout of eVisas.
Revised dates for the phasing out of smartcard series 4, 5 and 6
We've updated the dates from which older version Care Identity Service smartcards must be removed from NHS organisations.
Changes to how you accept terms and conditions
Terms and conditions are now implicitly accepted when you authenticate
Sign up to the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) Lunch and Learn: Focus on Cancer 360
19 February 2025: Join us for an insightful Lunch and Learn session focusing on Cancer 360, an exciting product currently being piloted which will hopefully be available to NHS FDP users this year.
Position assignment expiry issue resolved
Full access to all Care Identity services has now been restored.
Digital prescriptions in the NHS App
26 January 2024: From 30 January, patients can use the NHS App to view all their prescription details, order repeat prescriptions and generate a barcode for medication collection.