Personal Demographics Service roadmap
Future changes planned and past changes delivered for the Person Demographics Service (PDS).
Strategy
The PDS FHIR API is our strategic API for accessing PDS. View our roadmap, and suggest or comment on the Developer Community.
The PDS SMSP API is already deprecated and is due to be retired.
The PDS HL7 V3 will be deprecated once the PDS FHIR API provides the same capabilities. We don't currently have a fixed date for this.
Roadmap
The PDS roadmap outlines the high-level objectives and projects we are researching or planning to deliver in the coming months.
The roadmap was last reviewed by the team in March 2025.
January to March 2025
- CID decommissioning
- Automate EHIC field updates
- IHS deprecation
- Open Search support take-on
April to June 2025
- S-flag for sensitive patients
- CID decommissioning
- API version management process
- IHS deprecation
July to September 2025
- Funnel ++ implementation
- NHS birth notification
- IHS deprecation
- Ethnicity discovery
Get involved
To discuss and provide input to our strategy and roadmap, contact us.
Last edited: 29 October 2025 1:58 pm