NHS England

NHS England Communication API

The communication API from NHS England — 4 operation(s) for communication.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Patient Engagement & Communication BC-2910.10

Operations 4

POST /communication/in-app/FHIR/R4/CommunicationRequest Send an in-app message #
POST /communication/notification/FHIR/R4/CommunicationRequest Send a push notification #
GET /communication/report/receipts/FHIR/R4/Task Get a daily receipt report #
GET /communication/report/patients Get details of NHS App users #

Documentation

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

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/openapi/nhs-england-communication-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/e-referrals-service-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/booking-and-referral-fhir-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/immunisation-history-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/organisation-data-service-fhir-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-app-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/communications-manager-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NHSDigital/service-search-api

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OpenAPI Specification

nhs-england-communication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 0.1.0
  title: NHS App Communication API
  description: '## Overview

    Use this API to engage with users of the NHS App.'
  contact:
    name: NHS App API Support
    url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support
    email: app.onboarding@nhs.net
servers:
- url: https://dep.api.service.nhs.uk/nhs-app-dep
  description: Development environment.
- url: https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/nhs-app
  description: Integration test environment.
- url: https://api.service.nhs.uk/nhs-app
  description: Production environment.
tags:


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