The NHS England developer community is an open forum where third‑party integrators, product teams and technical specialists can ask and answer questions about integrating with NHS England APIs and services.

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

General questions about our API platform, including security, rate limiting, logging, monitoring and alerting.

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.

This category brings together product categories aligned to clinical data‑sharing use cases, providing a structured space for teams across the health and care system to raise queries and receive support related to the national NHS digital products and services that enable those use cases.

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

The Digital Onboarding Service is the assurance process for NHS England to permission use of NHS APIs to organisations and suppliers.

Queries and announcements related to the Healthcare Worker FHIR 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Give feedback on how we can improve the community.

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

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

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.

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.