# GP Connect Access Document FHIR API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/access-document-fhir/  
**Provider:** GP Connect — https://apis.io/providers/gp-connect/  
**Base URL:** https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk/gp-connect-access-document-fhir  
**Documentation:** https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-access-document-fhir

GP Connect Access Document FHIR API is one of 9 APIs that [GP Connect](https://apis.io/providers/gp-connect/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include FHIR STU3, Patient Records, Documents, Unstructured Records, and Clinical Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Retrieve unstructured documents (e.g. scanned letters, attachments) from a patient's GP practice record. Complements the structured access API for cases where clinical information is held as binary document rather than coded FHIR resources. Mediated through the Spine Security Proxy over HSCN.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-access-document-fhir
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gp-connect/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other GP Connect APIs (8)

- [GP Connect Send Document FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/send-document-fhir/)
- [GP Connect Appointment API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-appointment-api/)
- [GP Connect Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-documents-api/)
- [GP Connect FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-fhir-api/)
- [GP Connect Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-meta-api/)
- [GP Connect Patient API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-patient-api/)
- [GP Connect Slot API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-slot-api/)
- [GP Connect Task API](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/gp-connect-task-api/)

## Tags

FHIR STU3, Patient Records, Documents, Unstructured Records, Clinical Access

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/gp-connect/access-document-fhir/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/gp-connect/.