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.
It is intended for anyone involved in integrating solutions that store, access, exchange, or manage clinical data, including teams who are researching options, validating feasibility, or making early decisions, as well as those actively running live services.
You can get more information here Sharing clinical data - NHS England Digital
Functions and related products
| Function (I want to…) | National product or service |
|---|---|
| Store and manage clinical patient data | Patient Data Manager |
| Send simple notifications to systems about patient data changes | Multicast Notification Service |
| Send complex or high‑volume notifications to systems about patient data changes | National Events Management Service |
| Send structured and unstructured data securely between systems | Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) |
| Store and report on audit information for clinical data | Patient Audit Record Service |
| Locate and access patient information shared by other healthcare organisations | National Record Locator (NRL) |
| View, update or manage appointments on a patient’s GP record | GP Connect |
| Access a patient’s Summary Care Record | Summary Care Record |
| Access and update patient flags (reasonable adjustments, FGM, child protection) | Patient Flags |
| View my clinical data from different services and sources | Manage My Data and Devices |