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e-Referral Service Patient Care – FHIR API

Overview

Use this API to retrieve referrals for a patient from the e-Referral Service (e-RS) and, if applicable, retrieve service information for a referral that has a current appointment booking with a service or is currently deferred to a service. This API is designed to be used by the Patient Care Aggregator. As an integrated system acting on behalf of a patient, you can:

  • retrieve a patient's referrals
  • retrieve information for a single service

You cannot use this API to:

  • get patient personal demographic details – instead, use the Personal Demographic Service (PDS)

You can access the following data:

  • a summary of each active referral

Access modes This API has one access mode:

  • Access mode: Patient access
  • Authentication via: NHS login
  • Functions: Get own details
  • Availability: In production, beta

Patient, user-restricted access This access mode allows integrated systems acting on behalf of a patient to access Patient Care FHIR API endpoints by authenticating users with NHS login.

Documentation

e-Referral Service Patient Care – FHIR API documentation

Endpoint

https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-patient-care-fhir

Contact

https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support