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

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

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 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

National Casemix Office

The National Casemix Office (NCO) designs and refines classifications used to describe NHS healthcare activity in England. These classifications underpin the national reimbursement system from costing through to payment, and support local commissioning and performance management.

Planning, oversight and service improvement Health and care workers Mandated Service Live

National Data Opt-Out

The National Data Opt-Out (NDOO) allows individuals to choose in specified circumstances if data from their personal health records is shared for healthcare research and planning.

Direct care Care records Patients Mandated Service Live

National Events Management Service (NEMS)

The National Events Management Service (NEMS) enables the sharing of specific health information about a patient in near real-time. Information is shared in the form of event messages, following a publish and subscribe model and using the NHS Spine.

Direct care Interoperability Health and care workers Mandated Service Live

National Record Locator (NRL)

Find and access patient information shared by other health and social care organisations, to support the direct care of a patient.

Direct care Care records Health and care workers Mandated Service Live Has active roadmap