# Query regarding, A010 - Patient service search by named clinicain

**URL:** <https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976>\
**Category:** e-Referral Service FHIR API\
**Created:** [6 June 2024 09:49 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976 "2024-06-06T09:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![mkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mkumar](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/mkumar)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2024 09:49 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976/1 "2024-06-06T09:49:10Z")

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How can we get/search named clinicians for the SDS-user-id required for search patient services? Is there any API that returns registered named clinician lists? Please help regarding this…

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**Author:** ![zubeir.tai](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/nhsdigitaldeveloper/user_avatar/developer.community.nhs.uk/zubeir.tai/32/413_2.png) [@zubeir.tai](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/zubeir.tai)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2024 08:59 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976/2 "2024-06-07T08:59:46Z")

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Hi @mkumar - We don’t expose the e-RS named clinician list anywhere.

You can obtain healthcare worker (people/clinician) data from the LDAP API here:

> **[Spine Directory Service - LDAP API - NHS England Digital](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/spine-directory-service-ldap)**
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> Access details of organisations, people and systems registered in the Spine Directory Service (SDS) using our LDAP API. Includes: organisations - NHS organisations, their sites and departments, people - Spine users including their organisation...

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**Author:** ![mkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mkumar](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/mkumar)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2024 16:29 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976/3 "2024-06-07T16:29:39Z")

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@zubeir.tai Thanks for providing the supporting information. Can you please help regarding the endpoint of the API that we need to consume?

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**Author:** ![zubeir.tai](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/nhsdigitaldeveloper/user_avatar/developer.community.nhs.uk/zubeir.tai/32/413_2.png) [@zubeir.tai](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/zubeir.tai)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2024 15:03 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976/4 "2024-06-10T15:03:22Z")

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Hi @mkumar - The SDS team is separate to e-RS. Please contact them directly using the details on that page.

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**Author:** ![mkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mkumar](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/u/mkumar)\
**Post date:** [11 June 2024 06:17 UTC](https://developer.community.nhs.uk/t/query-regarding-a010-patient-service-search-by-named-clinicain/976/5 "2024-06-11T06:17:39Z")

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@zubeir.tai Thank you for your assistance