Details of the ways to obtain and verify an NHS number before calling the reasonable adjustments API
Important: This site is under active development by NHS Digital and is intended to provide all the technical resources you need to successfully develop applications using the FHIR® Reasonable Adjustments API. This project is being developed using an agile methodology so iterative updates to content will be added on a regular basis.
Warning: This site is provided for information only and is intended for those engaged with NHS Digital. It is advised not to develop against these specifications until a formal announcement has been made.
Patient Demographic Tracing
As a pre-requisite for calling the Reasonable Adjustments API, client systems MUST have traced the patient on PDS to ensure they have the correct NHS number for the patient.
The Spine Core API spec outlines the approaches available for this demographic trace.