Overview of the role of the Personal Demographic Services (PDS)
and the Spine Mini Services PDS (SMSP) within Visitors and Migrants.
and the Spine Mini Services PDS (SMSP) within Visitors and Migrants.
Personal Demographic Service (PDS)
Consumer systems SHALL be capable of performing Personal Demographic Service (PDS) tracing of patients to obtain their NHS Number, Date of Birth and current GP organisation.
Spine Mini Service PDS (SMSP)
Consumer systems 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.