# Personal Demographics Service (PDS) - FHIR API

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

Personal Demographics Service (PDS) - 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, Demographics, and Patient. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other NHS England APIs (9)

- [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/)
- [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, Demographics, Patient

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