News and events

News and events for Digital Staff Passport.

For the latest releases and planned maintenance within Digital Staff Passport, go to our release hub.

Important announcement about the future of NHS Digital Staff Passport

It has been decided to deprioritise the Digital Staff Passport programme. (Published 22 April 2025)

Call for volunteers to pilot the NHS Digital Staff Passport

We're looking for people willing to help steer future development of NHS Digital Staff Passport. (Updated 24 March 2025)

You can now see all active employment assignments in Digital Staff Passport

ESR (Electronic Staff Record) made changes to their API on 10 January 2025 that could affect Digital Staff Passport users. (Published 13 January 2025)

Release notes now in a dedicated area

Digital Staff Passport release notes are now published in a different area of this website. (Published 23 October 2024)

Digital Staff Passport drop-in support sessions

The NHS Digital Staff Passport team holds regular drop-in sessions where we can answer questions and provide support and guidance to our users. (Published 10 June 2024)

Wave 1 launch success to 4 NHS trusts

Early in December 2023, the first NHS trusts successfully registered with the new NHS DSP. (Published 22 December 2023)

First interface test at NHS trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals were the first NHS trust to test the connection to the Employee Staff Record. (Published 25 August 2023)

Soft launch successful

The Recruitment team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have successfully completed the first NHS trust registration to the NHS DSP service. (Published 18 August 2023)

Hands-on product testing by NHS trust teams

In June 2023, four NHS trusts joined the NHS DSP team in Birmingham, for hands-on testing of the product. (Published 3 July 2023)

Last edited: 22 April 2025 4:40 pm