NHS API · Schema

NHS Patient Demographics (PDS FHIR R4)

A patient demographic record as returned by the Personal Demographics Service FHIR R4 API. Based on the FHIR R4 Patient resource.

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Properties

Name Type Description
resourceType string
id string NHS Number (10-digit identifier)
meta object
identifier array
name array
gender string
birthDate string
deceasedBoolean boolean
deceasedDateTime string
address array
generalPractitioner array Patient's registered GP practice
extension array NHS-specific FHIR extensions (e.g. NHS communication preferences, nominated pharmacy, place of birth)
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JSON Schema

nhs-patient-demographics.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.service.nhs.uk/schemas/patient-demographics",
  "title": "NHS Patient Demographics (PDS FHIR R4)",
  "description": "A patient demographic record as returned by the Personal Demographics Service FHIR R4 API. Based on the FHIR R4 Patient resource.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["resourceType", "id"],
  "properties": {
    "resourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "Patient"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "NHS Number (10-digit identifier)"
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "versionId": { "type": "string" },
        "security": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "system": { "type": "string" },
              "code": { "type": "string" },
              "display": { "type": "string" }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "system": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number"
          },
          "value": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[0-9]{10}$",
            "description": "10-digit NHS Number"
          },
          "extension": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "NHS Number verification status extension"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "use": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["usual", "official", "nickname", "old"]
          },
          "family": { "type": "string" },
          "given": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "prefix": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "suffix": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "period": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "start": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
              "end": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "gender": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["male", "female", "other", "unknown"]
    },
    "birthDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date"
    },
    "deceasedBoolean": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "deceasedDateTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "address": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": { "type": "string" },
          "use": { "type": "string" },
          "line": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "city": { "type": "string" },
          "district": { "type": "string" },
          "postalCode": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    },
    "generalPractitioner": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Patient's registered GP practice",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": { "type": "string" },
          "type": { "type": "string" },
          "identifier": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "system": { "type": "string" },
              "value": { "type": "string" }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "extension": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "NHS-specific FHIR extensions (e.g. NHS communication preferences, nominated pharmacy, place of birth)"
    }
  }
}

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