Digital Operations and Service Management
Service management overview and national service desk
As part of the NHS England service management processes, the supplier will have access to the NHS England National Service Desk (NSD), through which issues with NHS England services can be raised and resolved. To access the NSD you must register your organisation. You can contact the national service desk by:
Telephone: 0300 303 5035
Email: [email protected]
Report via our customer portal
Alternatively, you can download and complete this form and email it to NSD to initiate the registration process for your organisation.
Minimal data set
Minimal Data Set for Spine Mini Service Provider can be found through the National Service Desk. It defines the data set which is required at the point of making contact with NHS England when reporting an incident regarding the SMSP service.
High Severity Service Incident (HSSI) definition
These are incidents defined or classified as severity level 1 or 2 in NHS England severity level guidelines.
Spine service performance
Provides information on the Spine infrastructure.
Further information
The Spine Mini Service Provider (SMSP) lets health and social care providers access important information held on Spine. It aims to reduce the complexities around integration with the Spine.
Overview of the connection process and how to register your interest or how to make a request.
Enables a developer to become familiar with a typical journey that they will take to develop and deploy their solution in a live care setting.
Last edited: 5 February 2025 1:50 pm