NHS Digital

e-Referral Service - FHIR API

Interact with the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), the national paperless referral system for primary and secondary care. Supports creating and managing referrals, retrieving available service slots, and processing referral responses.

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

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https://github.com/NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: e-Referral Service - FHIR API
description: Interact with the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), the national paperless referral system for
  primary and secondary care. Supports creating and managing referrals, retrieving available service slots,
  and processing referral responses.
image: https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/gallery/website/about-nhs-digital/nhs-digital-og.png
humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir
baseURL: https://api.service.nhs.uk/referrals
tags:
- Referrals
- FHIR
- secondary care
- e-RS
tags_raw:
- referrals
- FHIR
- secondary care
- e-RS
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir
- type: github
  url: https://github.com/NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api
contact:
- FN: NHS England Developer Support
  url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support
meta:
- type: environment-sandbox
  value: https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk/referrals