Service catalogue

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 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

General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR)

Data powers the NHS - the collection of GP data could support vital health and care planning and research.

Direct care GP data Health and care workers Mandated General practice Programme Active programme

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

Message Exchange for Social Care and Health

Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) provides the ability to share data directly between health and care organisations and is the nationally recognised mechanism for this method of data sharing.

Direct care Health and care workers Recommended Interoperability Service Live Has active roadmap

National Care Records Service

The National Care Records Service (NCRS) provides a quick, secure way for health and care workers to access national patient information to improve clinical decision making and healthcare outcomes and it is free to use.

Direct care Care records Health and care workers Recommended Patient information and demographics Service Live Has active roadmap

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