# Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) - FHIR API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-electronic-prescription-service-fhir/  
**Provider:** NHS England — https://apis.io/providers/nhs-england/  
**Base URL:** https://api.service.nhs.uk/electronic-prescriptions/FHIR/R4  
**Documentation:** https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/electronic-prescription-service-fhir

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) - 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. Tagged areas include FHIR, e-Prescribing, and Pharmacy. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

National service for sending electronic prescriptions from prescribers to dispensers (pharmacies), exposed as an HL7 FHIR R4 API. Sandbox FHIR endpoint confirmed live (returns a FHIR OperationOutcome when required headers are absent).

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/electronic-prescription-service-fhir

## 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/)
- [e-Referral Service (e-RS) - FHIR API](https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-e-referral-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, e-Prescribing, Pharmacy

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