# e-Referral Service (e-RS) - FHIR API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-e-referral-service-fhir/  
**Provider:** NHS England — https://apis.io/providers/nhs-england/  
**Base URL:** https://api.service.nhs.uk/referrals/FHIR  
**Documentation:** https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir

e-Referral Service (e-RS) - FHIR API is one of 10 APIs that [NHS England](https://apis.io/providers/nhs-england/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include FHIR, Referrals, and e-RS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Create paperless referrals from primary to secondary care and receive referrals, Clinical Referral Information (CRI) and attachments from the NHS e-Referral Service, as an HL7 FHIR API. OpenAPI harvested verbatim (38 paths).

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/openapi/nhs-e-referral-service-openapi.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/e-referral-service-fhir
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/overlays/nhs-e-referral-service-overlay.yaml

## Other NHS England APIs (9)

- [Personal Demographics Service (PDS) - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-personal-demographics-service-fhir/)
- [GP Connect Access Record - Structured - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-gp-connect-access-record-structured-fhir/)
- [Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-electronic-prescription-service-fhir/)
- [Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-booking-and-referral-fhir/)
- [Immunisation History - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-immunisation-history-fhir/)
- [Organisation Data Service (ODS) - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-organisation-data-service-fhir/)
- [NHS App API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-app-api/)
- [NHS Notify (Communications Manager) API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-notify-communications-manager/)
- [Service Search (Directory of Healthcare Services) API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-service-search/)

## Tags

FHIR, Referrals, e-RS

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