# NHS API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nhs-api/  
**Website:** https://digital.nhs.uk/developer  
**APIs profiled:** 13

NHS England's API management platform provides FHIR R4 and REST APIs for healthcare interoperability across the NHS. The platform covers GP Connect (appointment management and access record), Personal Demographics Service, Electronic Prescription Service, Summary Care Records, NHS login (OpenID Connect for citizens), Booking and Referral, Organisation Data Service, and content syndication. APIs are managed via NHS England's Apigee-based API platform and are targeted at system suppliers, NHS organisations, and accredited third-party healthcare application developers.

## Kin Score — 36.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.8 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 45.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 33.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 37.1 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (13)

- **GP Connect Access Document - FHIR API** — Retrieve documents held at a patient's registered GP practice, such as letters, discharge summaries, and other clinical documents stored in GP systems. Used alongside the Access...
- **EPS Prescription Tracker - FHIR API** — Real-time tracking of prescriptions within the Electronic Prescription Service. Enables authorised users to retrieve details about prescription status and dispensation progress ...
- **Booking and Referral - FHIR API** — Send booking and referral information between NHS service providers using the NHS Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS). Enables sharing of clinical and administrative data to su...
- **NHS Website Content API** — Retrieve NHS-approved health information content (conditions, medicines, treatments, live well articles) for syndication into third-party apps and services. Returns structured c...
- **Elective Waiting List API** — Access data from the NHS Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLMDS), the national electronic database of NHS patient waiting list records. Supports performance monitoring and patient...
- **NHS API CodeSystem API** — The CodeSystem API from NHS API — 2 operation(s) for codesystem.
- **NHS API List{id} API** — The List{id} API from NHS API — 1 operation(s) for list{id}.
- **NHS API Metadata API** — The Metadata API from NHS API — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
- **NHS API Organization API** — The Organization API from NHS API — 2 operation(s) for organization.
- **NHS API OrganizationAffiliation API** — The OrganizationAffiliation API from NHS API — 2 operation(s) for organizationaffiliation.
- **NHS API R4 API** — The R4 API from NHS API — 6 operation(s) for r4.
- **NHS API STU3 API** — The STU3 API from NHS API — 32 operation(s) for stu3.
- **NHS API ValueSet API** — The ValueSet API from NHS API — 2 operation(s) for valueset.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nhs Api Agentic Access** — 53 operations · 23 acting

## Security (3)

- **Nhs Api Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Nhs Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Nhs Api Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Tags

Healthcare, FHIR, NHS, UK, HL7, Electronic Prescriptions, Patient Demographics, GP Connect, NHS Login, Interoperability

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nhs-api/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.