Category Topics

What is the Developer Community?

The NHS England Developer Community is a collaborative space for developers, product teams, and partners building digital healthcare solutions that connect with NHS APIs & services.
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e-Referral Service (e-RS)

Welcome to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) category.
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API Platform

General questions about our API platform, including security, rate limiting, logging, monitoring and alerting.
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Care Identity Service (CIS)

Care Identity Service (CIS) is a secure authentication and identity service that allows health and social care workers to access the systems they need, including access to patient information and clinical data.
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GP Connect

GP Connect is a suite of capabilities that allows authorised health and social care workers in a variety of care settings to access their patients’ GP records.
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Pathology API

This category is the primary discussion hub for the NHS Pathology API and the modern digital infrastructure supporting pathology and laboratory medicine in England.
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Digital Onboarding Service (DOS)

The Digital Onboarding Service is the assurance process for NHS England to permission use of NHS APIs to organisations and suppliers.
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National Record Locator (NRL)

The National Record Locator (NRL) enables organisations to share patient data nationwide.
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National Imaging Repository (NIR)

National Imaging Registry allows clinicians to securely query a patients imaging history, and discover and retrieve diagnostic images and associated reports across clinical organisations in real time.
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Multicast Notification Service (MNS)

Welcome to Multicast Notification Service (MNS).
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Other services

We deliver systems and services to the NHS and the wider health and social care sector which help providers deliver better care.
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General enquiries

Uncertain about the service you need or have general enquiries? Explore this category for similar posts or create a new one that suits your requirements.
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Developer Hub

The Developer and Integration Hub is your go-to platform for accessing resources, tools and guidance as you integrate with NHS APIs. Feel free to share your suggestions and feedback regarding the developer hub here.
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Community feedback

Give feedback on how we can improve the community.
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Announcements

This is a special category to inform the public or a set of users on any organisational news and updates.
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NHS digital catalogues

This category is dedicated to discussions, updates, and support around the NHS API and Integration Catalogue and the NHS Service Catalogue.
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Spine

NHS Spine is the central digital infrastructure that supports the secure exchange of healthcare information across England’s National Health Service (NHS). It underpins many core national services by providing a standardised, scalable, and secure platform for integrating healthcare applications.
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Suggestion & Improvements

Help us shape the community by sharing your input. Put your suggestions here and tell us what we could be doing better or what you’d like to see.
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