Overview of the role of the Personal Demographic Services (PDS)
and the Spine Mini Services PDS (SMSP) within the FGM Service.
and the Spine Mini Services PDS (SMSP) within the FGM Service.
Personal Demographic Service (PDS)
FGM clients MUST be capable of performing Personal Demographic Service (PDS) tracing of patients to obtain their ‘verified’ NHS Number.
Spine Mini Service PDS (SMSP)
FGM clients MAY utilise the Spine Mini Service PDS (SMSP) as a lighter weight alternative to integrating with the full Spine Personal Demographic Service (PDS).
Important: As the SMSP service does not return multiple possible matches for the patient it is typically only suitable to be used where there is enough information to achieve a single matched trace.