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Read about Spine technical information - Warranted Environment Specification (WES)
Check your IT system and environment are supported for accessing Spine systems with a smartcard.
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Access the national service desk weblog tool
Raise a technical or support call for Spine (log-in and HSCN access required).
Spine allows information to be shared securely through national services such as the Electronic Prescription Service, Summary Care Record and the e-Referral Service.
NHS Digital develops and maintains Spine through the Digital Delivery Centre. Recent developments include enabling the sharing of child protection information via the Child Protection Information System, and developing ways to allow easier access to demographic data through the Spine Mini Service.
Use Spine
Most users access Spine through clinical systems or through the Spine portal.
New ways are being developed to help systems suppliers design IT systems for health and care which can integrate with Spine or access important patient information. Contact the Digital Delivery Centre for more information by emailing enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk.
Contact details
You can get support by calling the National Service Desk on 0300 3035035 or raising a call using the national service desk tool.
Further information
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internal Open access test environment for Spine, Opentest
Developers can test health and care applications using our Spine test environment.
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internal Spine Mini Service - simplified ways to connect to Spine
Information for developers and health and care IT specialists
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internal Spine technical information: Warranted Environment Specification (WES)
The technical requirements for accessing NHS Digital services through Spine, with a smartcard. Find out if your environment is supported.
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internal CP-IS Spine Mini Service Domain Message Specification
Information for developers - message definitions and interactions required to support the rollout of the Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS) Spine Mini Service.
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internal Transaction Messaging Service Java implementation
TMS Java implementation contains a set of tools for network operations on Spine.
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internal Transaction Messaging Service Microsoft .NET implementation
This package contains an implementation of a Spine message handler written in C# for the Microsoft .Net 4.0 platform, provided under the Apache 2.0 licence.
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internal Spine Mini Service Provider for Personal Demographics Service
The NHS Digital Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) lets health and social care providers access important information held on Spine. It aims to reduce the complexities around integration with the Spine.
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internal Reasonable Adjustment Flag
The Reasonable Adjustment Flag allows health care professionals to record, share and view the reasonable adjustments a patient will need to be made for them during their care.
Last edited: 13 October 2020 2:07 pm