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1 votes

Tile layout for the API catalogue

The API catalogue (https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue) is a big long alphabetical list. The old Health Developer Network had a nicer tile layout (see ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (02 Mar, '22) • Upvoted: 02 Mar, '22 • Comments: 1
Not planned
1 votes

Visitors and Migrants FHIR API

We are considering deprecating and eventually retiring the Visitor and Migrant FHIR API as this was never built and has not been applied to any product in the ...
Suggested by: Avanti (01 Mar, '22) • Upvoted: 01 Mar, '22 • Comments: 1
Done api
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

Retire General Practice Extraction Service - HL7 V3 API

The General Practice Extraction Service - HL7 V3 API is obsolete and unused and we are considering retiring it. It has been replaced by the General Practice ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (06 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Done api deprecation-retirement gpes-hl7-v3-api
1 votes

Retire Outpatients HL7 V3 API

The Outpatients HL7 V3 API is obsolete and unused and we are considering retiring it.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (06 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Done api deprecation-retirement
1 votes

Retire Discharge HL7 V3 API

The Discharge HL7 V3 API is obsolete and unused and we are considering retiring it.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (06 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Done api deprecation-retirement
1 votes

Retire Emergency Department HL7 V3 API

The Emergency Department HL7 V3 API is obsolete and unused and we are considering retiring it.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (06 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Done api deprecation-retirement
1 votes

Retire Ambulance Messaging HL7 V3 API

The Ambulance Messaging HL7 V3 API is obsolete and unused and we are considering retiring it.
Suggested by: Tony Heap (06 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Done api deprecation-retirement
1 votes

NHS App API - allow push notification content to include the message sender name

The NHS App API offers an endpoint that allows the sending of an in-app message with an associated push notification. ...
Suggested by: Ian Nelson (23 Aug, '21) • Upvoted: 23 Aug, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration api nhs-app-api
1 votes

NHS App - include EPS Medications (EPS FHIR RESTful API)

The NHS Digital EPS Service acts as a prescription tracker and has real time information on both prescriptions and fulfilment of these prescription orders ...
Suggested by: Kevin Mayfield (26 May, '21) • Upvoted: 26 May, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration api nhs-app-api
1 votes

PDS FHIR API - exit information

Include Exit information in the retrieve so that we can identify who has left the NHS. This is included in the HL7 v3 MIM and required to complete migration
Suggested by: Mark Reynolds (13 May, '21) • Upvoted: 13 May, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration api pds-fhir-api
1 votes

PDS FHIR API - synchronous responses

Enable the PDS FHIR API to perform updates synchronously, as an alternative to the existing asynchronous/polling design. We are interested in what use cases are ...
Suggested by: Alex Lord (04 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 04 Jan, '21 • Comments: 1
Done pds-fhir-api
1 votes

NHS App API

An API that allows healthcare providers to engage with NHS App users. The first use case is sending in-app messages and notifications to patients via the NHS App.
Suggested by: API Management Team (09 Oct, '20) • Upvoted: 09 Oct, '20 • Comments: 1
Done api nhs-app-api
1 votes

COVID-19 risk stratification API

Suggested by: API Management Team (06 Aug, '20) • Upvoted: 06 Aug, '20 • Comments: 1
Not planned api
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: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Planned make-help-and-support-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Help and support - email

Email address for developers to contact the API Management team for help and support.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-help-and-support-easier platform-phase-1
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: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier make-design-and-build-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

Exemplar API - PDS FHIR API - search & retrieve - sandbox

Build a callable sandbox for the PDS FHIR API search & retrieve endpoints.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done api make-design-and-build-easier make-learning-easier pds-fhir-api platform-phase-1
1 votes

Vision and roadmap - published

Publish our vision and roadmap so developers can see it and contribute to it.
Suggested by: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (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: API Management Team (07 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 07 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Exemplar legacy API specification - PDS HL7 V3 API

A single page for the PDS HL7 V3 API including summary information and links out to existing documentation.
Suggested by: API Management Team (28 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 28 Jun, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-learning-easier platform-phase-1
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

Exemplar API - PDS FHIR API - search & retrieve - specification

API specification for the exemplar API (PDS FHIR API) - search & retrieve endpoints, generated from an OAS file.
Suggested by: API Management Team (28 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 28 Jun, '20 • Comments: 1
Done api make-learning-easier pds-fhir-api platform-phase-1
1 votes

Diagnostic Imaging API

The National Imaging Registry programme proposes making a patient's diagnostic imaging history discoverable by querying the National Record Locator. A Diagnostic ...
Suggested by: Brian Diggle (05 Sep) • Upvoted: 05 Sep • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

NHS website Ratings and Reviews API

Migration of the Ratings and Reviews API from the NHS website developer portal onto the NHS Digital API Management platform
Suggested by: Rachel Gibson (31 Aug) • Upvoted: 31 Aug • Comments: 0
Planned
1 votes

Diagnostic Imaging Report API

The Diagnostic Imaging Report API would focus initially on the radiology domain to enable radiology imaging study reports to be retrieved in a standard format. No ...
Suggested by: Brian Diggle (29 Aug) • Upvoted: 29 Aug • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Deprecate Digital Medicine - FHIR

The Digital Medicine - FHIR message integration has been deprecated - this includes the following MESH workflow IDs: - DIGMED_FLU_VAC - DIGMED_EMG_MED You can ...
Suggested by: Matty Firth (21 Jun) • Upvoted: 21 Jun • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Structured Summary Care Record API

This API is intended to replace the existing Summary Care Record HL7v3 Interface. The API will orchestrate the API calls (PDS, SDS and Access Strcutured Record via ...
Suggested by: David Fletcher (20 Jun) • Upvoted: 20 Jun • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Prescriptions for Patients API

API to provide patients with access to prescriptions sent by the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
Suggested by: John Kitson (13 Jun) • Upvoted: 16 Jun • Comments: 0
In progress api PfP API
1 votes

PDS Notifications FHIR API - Nominated Pharmacy Change Event

Currently if a notification is required when a nominated pharmacy changes then PDS Notifications FHIR API will send a “general record change” event, meaning a ...
Suggested by: Martyn (18 May) • Upvoted: 18 May • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Update Record API (Iteration 2)

This is likely to be around a mechanism to enable some updates to notify GP systems an update has been received and allow them to accept / reject that update. This ...
Suggested by: [email protected] (16 May) • Upvoted: 16 May • Comments: 0
Done
1 votes

The Data Registers Service - REST API is deprecated

The Data Registers Service - REST API is deprecated. It is still available but is planned for retirement. The proposed retirement date is 1st September 2023.
Suggested by: Matty Firth (05 May) • Upvoted: 05 May • Comments: 0
Done
1 votes

GP Connect (Patient Facing) User Management - FHIR API

NHS Digital are developing a new set of Patient Facing Service (PFS) APIs to standardise the PFS APIs for New Market Entrants/foundation system suppliers. This work ...
Suggested by: Ben Davies (25 Apr) • Upvoted: 25 Apr • Comments: 0
In progress api gp-connect patientfacingservices
1 votes

Multicast Notification Service (Event Management) API

Connecting NHSE product teams by providing notifications of patient related state changes in easily consumable formats via data streams and filtered subscriptions ...
Suggested by: Tom D'Roza (19 Apr) • Upvoted: 19 Apr • Comments: 0
In progress
1 votes

Deprecation of Electronic Prescription Service Directory of Services

This API is under review for deprecation. We will contact all suppliers before agreeing a retirement date.
Suggested by: Matty Firth (23 Mar) • Upvoted: 23 Mar • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Genomic Order Comms

The ability to order a new test or track an ongoing test. This would be between an Ordering Entity and a GLH with a Central Broker sat between the two.
Suggested by: Tahir Malik (21 Mar) • Upvoted: 21 Mar • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Genomic Test Directory

The ability to query tests from the Test Directory based on a pre defined search criteria.
Suggested by: Tahir Malik (21 Mar) • Upvoted: 27 Mar • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Retirement of COVID-19 Medical Exemptions - FHIR API

The COVID-19 Medical Exemptions - FHIR API is now retired and no longer available for use.
Suggested by: Matty Firth (15 Mar) • Upvoted: 15 Mar • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Deprecation of COVID-19 Medical Exemptions - FHIR API

The COVID-19 Medical Exemptions - FHIR API has been deprecated. Do not use for new integrations.
Suggested by: Matty Firth (09 Feb) • Upvoted: 09 Feb • Comments: 0
In progress
1 votes

Map for NHS facilities

Having a map of the NHS facilities on the NHS app may help patients who may get lost
Suggested by: Abubakr (09 Jan) • Upvoted: 09 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Having hospital canteen menus and pricing online

Adding the ability to add opening times of facilities of hospitals and other places of care on the app along with menus and pricing and location of the facilities on ...
Suggested by: Abubakr (09 Jan) • Upvoted: 09 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Having an individualised QR code for every patient

Assigning a personalised QR code for each account would allow many new features to be used. For example, in the future, it could allow patients to use their phones to ...
Suggested by: Abubakr (09 Jan) • Upvoted: 09 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Making d-CBT features available on the app

Making digital cognitive behavioural therapy (d-CBT) features on the app may be a good addition. NHS Scotland already has an agreement with Daylight for usage of ...
Suggested by: Abubakr (09 Jan) • Upvoted: 09 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Adding smoking and perhaps tracker and digital aids to quit

Adding how many cigarettes/drinks one has had may help in tracking progress and helping to quit. Aids such as 2 minute games or other help and advice might help in ...
Suggested by: Abubakr (09 Jan) • Upvoted: 09 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Make Reasonable Adjustment Flag API onboarding easier

Please digitise this APIs onboarding journey
Suggested by: Alex Lord (24 Nov, '22) • Upvoted: 24 Nov, '22 • Comments: 0
Done make-onboarding-easier reasonable-adjustment-flag