Are there any e-RS endpoints that include the date of birth as well as NHS number?

e-Referral Service (e-RS)
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We are working on a process to fetch all documentation for completed A&G requests from the e-RS API using endpoints A024, A025, A043 and A006. We will then upload these documents to our EPR.

In a large number of cases, we will find that the patient is already known to us and they will already have a record in our EPR to which we can attach the documents.

However we are expecting cases where the A&G request is the first interaction we will have for the patient. We would like to use our TIE’s SMSP capability to fetch their demographics, add them to our EPR and then upload the A&G documents.

Unfortunately, for a successful SMSP query, we have to provide both the NHS number and the date of birth. As far as I can tell, the e-RS API does not return the DOB, so we would not be able to do this.

Is the DOB available somewhere, or could this be included?

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Hi @chris.pursey -

The e-RS FHIR API only provides NHS numbers for patient identification purposes.

The expectation is that integrated suppliers have PDS integration to fetch and, if required, update personal details. This is because the e-RS is also a consumer of PDS data.

This is documented as part of our onboarding design stage:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/e-referral-service/api/integration-process/design#1-5-identify-additional-nhs-services-you-may-need

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