Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API

Access the national NHS patient demographic database. Supports search, retrieval, and update of patient records including names, addresses, dates of birth, registered GPs, nominated pharmacies, and NHS numbers. Offers application-restricted, healthcare-worker, and patient access tiers.

API entry from apis.yml

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name: Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API
description: Access the national NHS patient demographic database. Supports search, retrieval, and update
  of patient records including names, addresses, dates of birth, registered GPs, nominated pharmacies,
  and NHS numbers. Offers application-restricted, healthcare-worker, and patient access tiers.
image: https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/gallery/website/about-nhs-digital/nhs-digital-og.png
humanURL: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir
baseURL: https://api.service.nhs.uk/personal-demographics
tags:
- demographics
- patients
- FHIR
- NHS number
properties:
- type: documentation
  url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographics-service-fhir
- type: github
  url: https://github.com/NHSDigital/personal-demographics-service-api
contact:
- FN: NHS England Developer Support
  url: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support
meta:
- type: environment-sandbox
  value: https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk/personal-demographics
- type: access-tiers
  value: application-restricted, healthcare-worker, patient