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This product backlog contains the features we're delivering to realise our API management vision. You can comment on features, upvote features, and suggest new features. If your suggestion relates to our e-Referral service then please complete this form instead. To view e-Referral service requests, see here.
80 votes

Smartcard authentication internet-facing

Make it possible to authenticate with a smartcard using NHS Identity on the internet i.e. without needing an HSCN connection.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 25 Mar • Comments: 2
In progress make-design-and-build-easier make-testing-easier platform platform-phase-2
63 votes

PDS FHIR API - application-restricted / smartcardless access

Enhance the PDS FHIR API so it can be accessed without an authenticated end user present (i.e. without the need for a smartcard) - similar to the way PDS Spine Mini ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 01 Feb • Comments: 12
Done api make-design-and-build-easier pds-fhir-api platform-phase-2
32 votes

PDS FHIR API - patient access using NHS login

Allow the PDS FHIR API to be accessed by patients. This would require the citizen to have an NHS login account (so they are strongly authenticated) and allow them to ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 08 Feb • Comments: 8
Done api make-help-and-support-easier pds-fhir-api platform platform-phase-2
18 votes

Self-service signed JWT public key set up

Currently, to set up a public key for signed JWT auth, API consumers need to email API management and ask them to do it. This feature would make it self service, just ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (15 Mar, '22) • Upvoted: 06 Dec, '23 • Comments: 2
Done make-onboarding-easier platform platform-phase-2
17 votes

Create a building healthcare software guide for the demographics domain

Create a non-technical guide to building software that deals with the demographics within the NHS in England.
Suggested by: Mick (24 Aug, '22) • Upvoted: 21 Mar • Comments: 5
Under consideration make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
15 votes

Open ID Connect (OIDC) support on the OAuth server

Currently we use OAuth 2.0 to authorise external software to access APIs for healthcare workers. There is no standard way for external software to get the end user's ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (22 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 14 Dec, '23 • Comments: 1
Under consideration make-design-and-build-easier platform platform-phase-2
15 votes

Authorisation - NHS Identity - separate authentication and authorisation model

Currently, the only way to complete authorisation for a user-restricted API is using "combined authentication and authorisation" - authentication with NHS Identity ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 06 May, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-design-and-build-easier platform platform-phase-2
14 votes

Testing - standardised patient data across APIs

When testing integration across multiple APIs, it would be really helpful to have standardised test patients (NHS numbers) across the APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (09 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Dec, '23 • Comments: 7
Done make-testing-easier platform platform-phase-2
13 votes

Onboarding - process re-engineering

Identify process pain points in the onboarding process and re-engineer the process to remove those pain points.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Nov, '22 • Comments: 5
In progress make-onboarding-easier platform platform-phase-2
11 votes

Create a building healthcare software guide for patient-facing applications

Create a non-technical guide to building software that deals with patient-facing applications within the NHS in England.
Suggested by: Mick Schonhut (05 Dec, '22) • Upvoted: 30 Jan • Comments: 1
Under consideration make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
8 votes

Self-service API deployments

Currently, all API deployments have to be done by the API Management central team. This change would allow API producer teams to do their own API deployments at a ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (03 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 22 Mar, '22 • Comments: 3
Done make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
7 votes

Client libraries and reference implementations

Provide client libraries and / or reference implementations to make it easier for developers to integrate their software with our APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Mar • Comments: 2
In progress make-design-and-build-easier platform platform-phase-2
7 votes

Accessibility - WCAG WAI conformance check

The site is already built largely using WCAG WAI-conformant page templates within the NHS Digital website, but to be sure we need to test conformance and fix any issues.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 17 May, '23 • Comments: 1
Planned make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
6 votes

Make swagger/OAS files available

IMHO it would be good to provide developers with open-api/swagger.json documentation to allow the generation of http restful clients using open-api tooling for the ...
Suggested by: Grahame Horner (19 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 23 Oct, '23 • Comments: 3
Done make-design-and-build-easier make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
5 votes

API services versus API standards

NHS Digital has two distinct categories of APIs - API services (an actual callable national service) and API standards (a specification that is intended to aid ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Sep, '22 • Comments: 3
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
5 votes

API catalogue - existing APIs documented to a minimum standard

Uplift documentation for all existing APIs to a minimum standard, so that external developers can easily learn what the API does, how to use the API, how to test it, ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 13 May, '22 • Comments: 2
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
5 votes

Re-usable auth components

Provide auth components that API producer teams can easily plug into their APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Apr, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
4 votes

Healthcare tech overview / beginner's guide

An overview of healthcare tech in the NHS in England, including topics like local systems, national systems, integration, APIs, privacy and security, clinical safety ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (08 May, '21) • Upvoted: 17 May, '23 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Capability to transform between FHIR versions

Provide a mechanism to allow (for example) a FHIR V3 resource to be converted to FHIR V4
Suggested by: Tim Coates (16 Jun, '21) • Upvoted: 16 Dec, '21 • Comments: 4
In progress make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Change log / release notes / what's new

Add a change log to the developer hub to provide external developers with updates on (a) what's new on the API platform in general and (b) what's new for a given API. ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (07 Dec, '21) • Upvoted: 17 Jan, '22 • Comments: 2
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Move the Test Data Self Service Portal (TDSSP) to be internet-facing

Currently to generate PDS Test Data on the Test Data Self Service Portal (TDSSP) it requires a HSCN connection. It would make sense for this service to be available ...
Suggested by: Emile Axelrad from Medicus (20 May, '21) • Upvoted: 20 May, '21 • Comments: 2
Done make-testing-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

API specifications - improved look & feel

The MVP API specification page has a number of UX pain points and doesn't fit the NHS Digital brand and styling. This feature is to refresh is and bring it more into ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 17 Sep, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Developer guide exemplar - GP software

An online guide containing best practice guidance for developing GP software, including details of how to use NHS Digital APIs for specific use cases.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 12 Feb, '21 • Comments: 1
In progress make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Status monitoring

Ability for developers to monitor the status for the platform and APIs
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 18 Mar, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

API service level documentation

Update our API specifications to include the service level that applies to that API. For example, is the API a "platinum" service which is supported 24x7 or is it ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (17 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 28 Feb, '22 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

API producer analytics

Ability for API producer teams to see analytics on the use of their API.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (31 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

Developer portal - role specific user journeys

Enhance the developer portal with user journeys for user journeys for specific roles e.g. coder / architect, tester, product owner / BA, security officer, clinical ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Apr, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

API catalogue - remove obsolete API portals and specifications

Remove obsolete API portals such as those on TRUD and Health Developer Network and redirect them to the new API catalogue. Remove specifications for retired APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Jan, '21 • Comments: 1
In progress make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

Developer guide exemplar - PDS

An online guide containing best practice guidance for developing software that uses the PDS APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Sep, '20 • Comments: 1
Planned api make-learning-easier pds-fhir-api platform-phase-2
1 votes

My developer account - strong authentication

Improve the authentication on the developer account to make it stronger e.g. 2-factor authentication, possibly selectively (e.g. to access production credentials).
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Jul, '20 • Comments: 3
Done make-onboarding-easier make-testing-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API documentation team capabilities

Changes to NHS Digital team structures to ensure teams have the skills they need to produce consistently good quality documentation.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Jul, '20 • Comments: 3
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Tech stack for APIs

Define a standard tech stack for APIs, so API producers don't have to figure it out for themselves.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 2
Not planned make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Sample code for encode and sign a jwt with rsa512 in c#

please provide a sample code for encode and sign a jwt with rsa512 in c#
Suggested by: rizwan mansuri (10 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 10 Nov, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API platform - enhanced service levels

Currently the API platform is a "bronze" service - it is available 24x7 but only supported during office hours, so out of-hours incidents might not be resolved until ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-help-and-support-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Consistent endpoint discovery

A consistent method for discovering endpoints across all our API technologies - MESH, SSP etc
Suggested by: Tony Heap (16 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 • Comments: 1
In progress api mesh-api platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Help and support - process / training / culture

Work to instil a greater sense of a developer-centric support ethic within delivery teams.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
In progress make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Help and support - service desk tool integration

Ability for developers to raise service desk tickets online via their developer account and view the status of those tickets.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Planned make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Help and support - self-service guidance

On the help and support page, include details of how developers can help themselves, for example links to tutorials.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API design guide and process for API producer teams

A design guide for our API producer teams, backed up by a design review process, that will help ensure consistency across APIs.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier make-design-and-build-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Vision and roadmap - published

Publish our vision and roadmap so developers can see it and contribute to it.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

API catalogue - tags, filters and searching

Improve the API catalogue so that APIs are tagged and users can filter by things like domain (demographics, medication etc), technology (REST, FHIR, HL7 V3 etc), type ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (08 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 08 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Search engine optimisation

Ensure that our API documentation can be found by external and internal search engines.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (07 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 07 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API catalogue - include all existing APIs

Make sure the API catalogue page (https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue) has all existing APIs listed in it.
Suggested by: API Management Team (28 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 28 Jun, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

FHIR policy update

Our FHIR policy hasn't been looked at in a while. The scope of this feature is to revisit it and refresh it, maybe adding further details.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (12 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 12 Jan, '21 • Comments: 0
In progress make-building-apis-easier make-design-and-build-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API producer team support channels

Provide support channels for API producer teams to get help and support from the API Management team.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

API templates

Provide a template repo for API producer teams to create a new API quickly and easily.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

API producer guidance

Provide guidance for API producer teams on how to come onboard, how the tech works, how to do documentation, what path-to-live environments are available etc.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
In progress make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Feedback widgets and polls

Allow developers to give feedback via widgets and polls on the developer portal.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Developer portal - improve information architecture

There are numerous dead-ends on the NHS Digital website, for example if I find a service in the "services" area, it doesn't always link through to the relevant API ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (08 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 08 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
In progress make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2