# Service Search (Directory of Healthcare Services) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nhs-england/nhs-service-search/  
**Provider:** NHS England — https://apis.io/providers/nhs-england/  
**Base URL:** https://api.service.nhs.uk/service-search-api  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/NHSDigital/service-search-api

Service Search (Directory of Healthcare Services) 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 Directory, Service Search, and Reference Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Search the national Directory of Healthcare Services for NHS organisations, services and their attributes. OpenAPI harvested verbatim.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/openapi/nhs-service-search-openapi.yaml
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/NHSDigital/service-search-api
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhs-england/refs/heads/main/overlays/nhs-service-search-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/)
- [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/)

## Tags

Directory, Service Search, Reference Data

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