Service catalogue

Directory of Services (DoS)

The urgent and emergency care Directory of Services (DoS) is a database of NHS services in England. It works with NHS Pathways, the decision support system behind 111 and some 999 providers, to provide real-time information for patients about the right place to go.

Direct care Registers Health and care workers Mandated Service Live Urgent and emergency care

e-Referral Service

The NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) is a digital platform used to refer patients to service providers.

Direct care Appointments, bookings, referrals Mandated Health and care workers Patients Service Live General practice

Electronic Prescription Service

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is for prescribers and dispensers and is used in primary, secondary and community care.

Direct care Medications and prescriptions Health and care workers Patients Service Recommended Live General practice Pharmacy Secondary care Has active roadmap

Federated Data Platform

The NHS Federated Data Platform safely connects information across the NHS, making it easier for staff and clinicians to do their jobs. Already funded and established, it’s designed to turn insight to action. 

Direct care Patient information and demographics Health and care workers Patients Mandated Service GP registration Medications and prescriptions

Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing

Female Genital Mutilation Information Sharing (FGM-IS) is part of the Patient Flags Service. It is a national IT system for NHS staff that supports the early intervention and ongoing safeguarding of girls, under the age of 18, who have a family history of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Direct care Care records Health and care workers Recommended Maternity and child health Service Live Has active roadmap

Fit note reporting

Collection of anonymous data extracted from fit notes issued in GP practice record systems and provided to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

Health and care workers Service Live General practice

General Practice Extraction Service (GPES)

We collect information from GPs across the UK for use in planning, research and generating payments.

Direct care GP data Health and care workers Mandated Service General practice Live

GP Appointment Data

This programme delivers a range of developments to improve the quality of general practice appointment data (GPAD).

Health and care workers Recommended Service Direct care GP data Live General practice

GP Connect

GP Connect allows authorised health and social care workers in a variety of care settings to access their patients' GP records.

Direct care GP data Interoperability Health and care workers Patients Mandated Service Live General practice

GP2GP

GP2GP allows healthcare workers to transfer patients' electronic health records securely and quickly between their old and new practices when they change GPs.

Direct care Health and care workers Mandated Service GP registration Live General practice Has active roadmap