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
Contact Point:
Documentation
Documentation Link:
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.
Dependencies:
Name:Care Connect FHIR API standards
Name:SNOMED CT
Review & Status
Dataset Identifier:
abab71aa-69c2-4416-b5d5-306a91765b32
Mandated:
No
Status:
active
Collaborating Organisations:
[object Object]
Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue