Organisation Data Service

We're responsible for publishing codes that identify organisations and individuals across health and social care.

The Organisation Data Service issues and manages unique identification codes and accompanying reference data for organisations that interact with any area of the NHS.

Find out more about us.

User research volunteers needed

We need volunteers to take part in user research on the new NHS Digital portal where you will be able to raise incidents, service requests and receive updates for outages. You can sign up using the online form.

Updates and changes

Service updates

Access the latest service alerts and notifications published by the Organisation Data Service. Last updated 8 March 2022.

Access our service updates

Organisation changes

A record of dissolved organisations, mergers and other organisation changes.

Recent organisation changes

Reconfiguration toolkit

Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) will be established as statutory bodies from April 2022. This toolkit explains the changes and what CCGs and existing ICSs need to do.

Access the toolkit

2021 CCG mergers

A summary of changes to Organisation Reference Data (ORD) due to Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) mergers which took effect from the 1 April 2021.

Read about all CCG mergers

Integrated Care Boards

Find out about Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and how these new organisations will be reflected in our ODS data.

About Integrated Care Boards

Archive

Our archive of service updates.

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Access our data

ODS DataPoint

Try our first release – design reports and export the most popular ODS data.

Access ODS DataPoint

File downloads

Download text files of bulk ODS data, available as self-extracting zip files.

Download our files

ODS Portal

Find local authority, commissioner and NHS organisation details quickly using this search facility.

Visit the ODS Portal

TRUD datapacks

ODS data is available as single package through the Terminology Reference Data-Update (TRUD). XML files are only available to download via TRUD.

Find out more about TRUD

ODS API Suite

Download our data via our ODS API Suite.

Open the API Suite

Guides and documents

Technical guides

Find a range of guidance materials on the ODS API suite and XML.

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Supporting documents

A collection of supporting technical and standards information in relation to ODS data.

Read our supporting documents

Update your data

Access forms and register information

All available ODS forms and registers

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Contact us

For questions about the Organisation Data Service, please contact exeter.helpdesk@nhs.net.

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Last edited: 8 April 2022 5:00 pm