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NHS Public Key Infrastructure Root Certificate Authority information

Find out information about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) used to confirm and issue digital certificates to healthcare IT systems and users across the NHS.

NHS Public Key Infrastructure Root CA Certificate

The NHS Root Certificate Authority (CA) has been certified by tScheme to show that it is governed, operated and managed to high quality standards.

The following information can be used to confirm certificate details:

NHS Root Authority G2

Serial Number: 02:96:29:01:0A:7A:10:CB:C9:D5:30:17:A7:B8:F4:9C

Subject: C=GB, O=NHS, OU=CA, CN=NHS Root Authority G2

Expires: 07 April 2042

SHA1 Thumbprint: 7E:05:FA:62:9B:5E:66:DB:B8:0E:97:41:7D:24:73:CB:CF:5A:31:06

Download: https://pki.nhs.uk/live/G2/root/NHSRootAuthorityG2.crt

NHS Authentication G2

Serial Number: 5F:C4:71:31:2B:0B:78:83:F4:0A:F5:7E:FD:0B:1F:07

Subject: C=GB, O=nhs, OU=CA, CN=NHS Authentication G2

Expires: 15 September 2032

SHA1 Thumbprint: 1F:30:1F:CA:68:4D:9E:13:AD:4D:BA:7C:8F:2B:A1:26:F9:C4:C0:15

Download: https://pki.nhs.uk/live/G2/auth/NHSauthG2.crt

NHS Signing G2

Serial Number: 26:E0:4E:42:71:05:6A:EE:AC:05:6C:9F:3A:59:2E:D3

Subject: C=GB, O=nhs, OU=CA, CN=NHS Signing G2

Expires: 15 September 2032

SHA1 Thumbprint: 49:91:7C:B5:ED:2B:50:1B:C2:78:25:2C:5C:0F:FC:CC:57:09:A4:24

Download: https://pki.nhs.uk/live/G2/sign/NHSsignG2.crt


Infrastructure Level 1 SubCA Certificates

There are 2 Level 1 Sub CAs within NHS infrastructure. The Authentication CA (1C) is used for issuing certificates to subscribers for the purposes of authentication. 

The Content Commitment CA (1D) is used for issuing certificates for the purposes of Digital Signature.


Level 1C SubCA Authentication Certificate (SHA256)

The following information can be used to confirm certificate details:

  • Serial Number: 4f 86 a5 45
  • Subject Name: CN = NHS Level 1C, OU = CA, O = nhs
  • Expires: 04 June 2024
  • SHA1 Thumbprint: da 3c f9 d1 3a 70 57 04 f2 cb a2 74 c7 97 94 96 3c 36 ff 94

Download the NHS PKI Level 1C certificate in pkcs#7 format (.p7b)

Download the NHS PKI Level 1C certificate in der format (.der)

Download the NHS PKI Level 1C certificate in pem Base64 format (.cer)


Level 1D SubCA Content Commitment Certificate (SHA256)

The following information can be used to confirm certificate details:

  • Serial Number: 4f 86 a5 46
  • Subject Name: CN = NHS Level 1D, OU = CA, O = nhs
  • Expires: 04 June 2024
  • SHA1 Thumbprint: 17 af ef 48 fb 02 0b 42 d8 0f 4f 90 5e 41 ba ca a4 ca 51 c5

Download the NHS PKI Level 1D certificate in pkcs#7 format (.p7b)

Download the NHS PKI Level 1D certificate in der format (.der)

Download the NHS PKI Level 1D certificate in pem Base64 format (.cer)


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Last edited: 22 June 2023 2:18 pm