NHS England · Authentication Profile

Nhs England Authentication

Authentication

NHS England secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

HealthcareUnited KingdomNational Health SystemFHIRHL7InteroperabilitySMART on FHIRHealth Datae-PrescribingEHR

Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth_Token http

scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-24'
method: derived
source: openapi/nhs-booking-and-referral-fhir-openapi.yaml, openapi/nhs-e-referral-service-openapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: OAuth_Token
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/nhs-booking-and-referral-fhir-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/nhs-e-referral-service-openapi.yaml

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