# NHS England Digital

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nhs-england-digital/  
**Website:** https://digital.nhs.uk  
**APIs profiled:** 7

NHS England (incorporating the former NHS Digital and NHSX) provides national digital, data, and technology services for the NHS in England. The organization operates the Spine, the Personal Demographics Service, the Electronic Prescription Service, the Summary Care Record, e-Referral Service, NHS App, NHS.uk, and an extensive API platform of FHIR and REST APIs used by health and care providers, developers, and researchers across England.

## Kin Score — 24.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 25.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| 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

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **NHS England API Platform** — The NHS England API platform hosts a catalogue of national APIs for health and care, including FHIR and REST APIs covering patient demographics, prescriptions, appointments, rec...
- **Personal Demographics Service (PDS) FHIR API** — The Personal Demographics Service is the national electronic database of NHS patient demographic details such as name, address, date of birth and NHS Number. The PDS FHIR API al...
- **Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) FHIR API** — The Electronic Prescription Service enables prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a dispenser of the patient's choice. The EPS FHIR API allows clinical systems to ...
- **e-Referral Service (e-RS) FHIR API** — The NHS e-Referral Service combines electronic booking with a choice of place, date and time for first hospital or clinic appointments. The e-RS FHIR API enables clinical system...
- **Summary Care Record (SCR) API** — The Summary Care Record holds essential patient information from the GP record. The SCR API enables authorised health and care professionals to retrieve a patient's medication, ...
- **GP Connect API** — GP Connect APIs allow authorised clinical systems to view and book GP services. The APIs provide structured access to GP records including medications, allergies, immunisations,...
- **NHS Login API** — NHS login provides a single, secure way for citizens to access NHS digital services. The NHS login API enables relying parties to authenticate users, verify identity to a known ...

## Security (2)

- **Nhs England Digital Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Nhs England Digital Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Nhs England Digital Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Clinical System Integration** — Integrate EHR and clinical systems with national patient demographics, prescriptions, and records.
- **Citizen-Facing Apps** — Build apps that authenticate citizens with NHS login and surface their NHS data.
- **Pharmacy Workflow** — Receive, release, dispense, and claim electronic prescriptions through the EPS API.
- **Referral Management** — Integrate appointment booking and referral workflows via the e-Referral Service.
- **GP Record Access** — View structured GP record data across federated systems via GP Connect.

## Tags

Clinical, Demographics, FHIR, Government, Health, Healthcare, NHS, Open Data, Patient Records, Prescriptions, UK

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