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Version: 0.0.1 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 44 days ago

Personal Demographics Service Notifications - FHIR

Dataset

Summary

Type:
Technical standards and specifications
Topics:
  • Continuity of care
  • Demographics
Care Settings:
  • GP_/_Primary care
  • Hospital
  • Mental health
  • Patient
  • Urgent and Emergency Care

Contact Point

Documentation

Relations:
The following APIs also give access to the Personal Demographics Service:
Name:
National Events Management Service (NEMS)
Explanation:
Use this integration to publish and subscribe to patient-centric event messages.
Name:
Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API
Explanation:
Use this API to transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations.
Name:
Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API
Explanation:
Use this newer standard to search for patients, retrieve patients by NHS number and update patients
Name:
Personal Demographics Service - HL7 V3 API
Explanation:
Use this if you want to use functions that are not yet available on the FHIR API, such as creating a new record for a birth, receiving birth notifications, or creating a record for a new patient (except when registering a new patient at a GP Practice, use NHAIS). For birth notifications, another option is PDS Notifications FHIR API.

Review & Status

Dataset Identifier:
abab71aa-69c2-4416-b5d5-306a91765b32
Mandated:
No
Status:
active
Collaborating Organisations:
[object Object]