Details of the requirements for SMSP services built upon the ITK Foundations.
Important: The demographics requirements MUST be implemented for a consumer system to become NHS Digital conformant.
What are the Demographic requirements for a service consumer?
As mentioned in the Foundations, the ITK Spine Mini Service Foundations are essentially a set of common requirements which will be applicable to all consumers. Built upon the foundation capabilities and the spine mini service capabilities, currently Demographics being the first capability provided direct by NHS Digital.
The consumer demographics requirements are defined within the PDS Client Requirements Document. An extract of the requirements can be found here.
Important: The full documentation set is published on the TRUD website. This site is intended as quick-start reference to enable developers to understand the scope of requirements for a consuming client.
