NHS England

Personal Demographics Service (PDS) - FHIR API

National electronic database of NHS patient demographic details - name, address, date of birth, related people, registered GP, nominated pharmacy and NHS number - exposed as an HL7 FHIR R4 API. Production endpoint confirmed live and auth-gated (HTTP 401 without a token).

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https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir

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

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nhs-england:nhs-personal-demographics-service-fhir
name: Personal Demographics Service (PDS) - FHIR API
description: National electronic database of NHS patient demographic details - name, address, date of
  birth, related people, registered GP, nominated pharmacy and NHS number - exposed as an HL7 FHIR R4
  API. Production endpoint confirmed live and auth-gated (HTTP 401 without a token).
humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir
baseURL: https://api.service.nhs.uk/personal-demographics/FHIR/R4
tags:
- FHIR
- Demographics
- Patient
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir