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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Access Control Service HL7 V3 API
Manage patient consent to share their information, including their Summary Care Record (SCR), with the Access Control Service.
Community health Hospital GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 Access to records Mental health OOH GP Pharmacy HL7 V3 API Central CIS2 authenticationAlerts - HL7 V3 API
Send an alert to a Privacy Officer so they can audit whether access to a patient’s data was appropriate.
Community health Hospital Mental health Pharmacy GP / primary care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services NHS 111 OOH GP Information governance HL7 V3 API Central Has adaptor CIS2 authenticationAmbulance Data Submission - FHIR API
Submit ambulance data to our Data Processing Service (DPS) for analysis and review by NHS England and ambulance trusts, using our Ambulance Data Submission - FHIR API (formerly Ambulance Analytics).
MESH Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services FHIR API Central Has sandbox R4 Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS RESTBooking and Referral - FHIR API
Send booking and referral information between NHS service providers using our Booking and Referral FHIR API.
REST API Internet facing FHIR Referrals and bookings A&E / emergency department NHS 111 R4 Intermediary Ambulance services Uses API platform Uses digital onboarding Uses OASChild Protection - Information Sharing - HL7 V3 API
Access child protection information from Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) from a healthcare setting.
Community health Hospital A&E / emergency department Inpatient Social care Urgent and emergency care Ambulance services OOH GP Access to records Key care information HL7 V3 API Central Has adaptor MESH Uses digital onboarding CIS2 authenticationCIS1 Authentication (Spine Security Broker)
Verify the identity of healthcare workers in England, such as NHS staff, using the Spine Security Broker (SSB) component of Care Identity Service (CIS). CIS provides sign-on across local and national digital services using physical and virtual smartcards.
API Central Access to records Security SOAP UI integrationCIS2 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 integrationCyber Alerts - REST API
Access a feed of alerts issued by our cyber security centre.
REST Security Information governance API Central Internet facingDigital Signature Service API
Generate an electronic signature using your NHS CIS2 Authenticator.
Outpatient Prescribing REST API Central Security Uses API platform Internet facing Uses OAS CIS2 authenticationDirectory of Healthcare Services (Service Search) API
Find information about NHS healthcare services, including lists of NHS organisation types, organisations, and coronavirus (COVID-19) walk-in sites.
Vaccination Reference data Patient-facing REST API Central Internet facing