Directory of Services (DoS)
Summary
The Directory of Services (DoS) is a central directory that is integrated with NHS Pathways and is automatically accessed if the patient does not require an ambulance or by any attending clinician in the urgent and emergency care services.
Top tasks
The DOS supports clinicians, call handlers, commissioners and patients by:
providing real time information about available services and clinicians across all care settings that are available to support a patient as close to a patient's home as possible
the interoperability options of the system means a patients only need to describe their symptoms once, enabling them to be directed to the correct available service for their symptoms without repeat triage
providing information about the most appropriate and cost effective care for a patient
reducing the burden on urgent and emergency and secondary care settings by reducing unnecessary ambulance call outs and hospital referral
having the data on the demand and supply of health care skills it collects easily analysed and reported with the integrated Intelligent Data Tool
Further information
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internal Access to Service Information (A2SI) Directory of Services (DoS): GDPR information
Why and how we process your data in the Access to Service Information (A2SI) Directory of Services (DoS) and your rights.