GP Connect specifications for developers
GP Connect is a service that lets GP practices and authorised clinical staff share and view GP practice clinical information and data between IT systems.
GP Connect APIs
GP Connect has worked with GP clinical system suppliers to develop Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
These APIs make data from clinical systems available in a standard form so that it can be used across different systems and be made available to clinicians who need access to the data for direct patient care.
Testing the GP Connect APIs
We are working with both health and care organisations and software suppliers to develop technical solutions to local issues by sharing patient records and appointment booking functionality across system and healthcare setting boundaries.
Which specification do I need?
GP Connect supports the delivery of capabilities which have been defined based on business drivers. These are outlined in the corresponding specifications.
Before you start developing against any specification, we recommend you email the GP Connect programme team: gpconnect@nhs.net.
You can discuss your goals and use cases with the team.
GP Connect API specifications listed by capability
Access Record HTML
This capability enables a read only view of the patient’s GP Practice record.
Current specification
This is the current version of the specification that system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with.
Appointment Management
This capability enables the management of GP practice appointments between different systems.
Current specification
This is the latest version of the specification that Appointment Management system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with.
Access Record Structured
This capability enables structured information to be retrieved from the patient’s GP Practice record.
Current specifications
The Access Record Structured capability is being delivered in 2 phases and there are different versions of the specification relevant to each phase. The specifications are ‘beta’ at this time and are subject to change until initial implementations are proven in Live deployments.
Phase 1 - Medications and allergies
This is the latest version of the specification that system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with. However, please note there have been no material changes for suppliers to Access Record Structured since 1.2.6.
Please see the release notes for further information.
Phase 2 – Medicines, Allergies. Uncategorised, Investigations, Referrals, Diary Entries and Immunisations, Problems, Consultations
This is the latest version of the specification that system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with for Access Record Structured only.
Access Document
This capability enables access to documents that can be retrieved from the patient’s GP Practice record. This was previously released as an independent ‘GP Connect Access Document API 1.0.1-beta’ specification.
Current specification
This is the latest version of the specification that system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with.
The specification is ‘beta’ at this time and is subject to change until initial implementations are proven in Live deployments.
GP2GP functionality through Access Structured Record
This capability enables GP2GP record transfers to be performed using the Access Structured Record capability.
Current specification
This is the latest version of the specification that Provider system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with.
The specification is ‘beta’ at this time and is subject to change until initial implementations are proven in Live deployments.
GP Connect Messaging specification listed by capability
Send document
This capability provides a simple and standardised means of sending a document to a GP Practice system.
Current specification
This is the latest version of the specification that system suppliers are recommended to develop against and be compliant with.
Archived specifications
Archived versions of the GP Connect API and GP Connect Messaging specifications.
Last edited: 2 July 2021 9:13 am