API and integration catalogue
These are the APIs and integrations which are currently available, or in development, from NHS England and associated organisations. It includes APIs as well as API standards defined by us. For other data standards, see the NHS Data Standards Directory.
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CIS2 Authentication
Verify the identity of healthcare workers in England, such as NHS staff, using Care Identity Service (CIS). CIS2 Authentication uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard to provide sign-on across local and national digital services using smartcards or modern alternatives.
Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Security API Central Internet facing Uses digital onboarding UI integrationDirectory of Services - Urgent and Emergency Care - REST API
Access information on a wide range of health and care services across England using our Directory of Services (DoS) Urgent and Emergency Care REST API.
Patient-facing GP / primary care NHS 111 Reference data REST API Central Internet facing Urgent and emergency care Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingDirectory of Services - Urgent and Emergency Care - SOAP API
Access information on a wide range of health and care services across England using our Directory of Services Urgent and Emergency Care SOAP API.
GP / primary care NHS 111 Patient-facing Reference data SOAP API Central Internet facing Uses OAS Urgent and emergency care Uses digital onboardingFemale Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing - FHIR API
Share female genital mutilation (FGM) information for children under 18 with relevant NHS professionals across England using our Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Information Sharing FHIR API.
FHIR Community health Hospital Mental health Pharmacy GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP Key care information API Central DSTU2 Uses digital onboardingGP Registrations Management Information API
Send real-time management information about GP registrations to us at NHS Digital.
Central Uses API platform GP / primary care REST API Continuity of care Internet facing Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingNHS App API
Engage with users of the NHS App.
Hospital GP / primary care Patient-facing Patient communication REST API FHIR R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Central Uses OAS Uses digital onboardingPersonal Demographics Service - FHIR API
Access patients' personal information, such as name, address, date of birth, related people, registered GP, nominated pharmacy and NHS number using the FHIR version of the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) API.
FHIR Community health Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Mental health OOH GP Pharmacy Demographics API Central Has sandbox R4 Patient-facing Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS REST Uses digital onboardingSummary Care Record - FHIR API
Access a patient's Summary Care Record (SCR), an electronic record of important patient information, using our FHIR API.
Community health Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Access to records Mental health FHIR OOH GP Pharmacy REST API Central Has sandbox R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS Uses digital onboarding CIS authentication