GP Connect Patient Facing APIs

This page tracks GP Connect Patient Facing APIs as a distinct capability group.

Supported Conclusion

Patient Facing APIs let patients use an approved consumer application, such as the NHS App, to view their GP electronic health record, request repeat prescriptions, and retrieve permissions set by their GP practice.

Architecture Pattern

The architecture pattern is RESTful API via the NHS API platform. NHS England Digital distinguishes Patient Facing Access Record, Prescriptions, and User Permissions APIs under this capability group.

Evidence Status

Evidence status is high for the NHS taxonomy, but live use is constrained. NHS England Digital states that Patient Facing APIs are currently only available for New Market Entrant suppliers as data providers and are in use with the NHS App as the consumer; at the time noted on the page, additional consumer suppliers were not being onboarded.

Related Pages

• GP Connect Capability Map
• GP Connect Patient Facing APIs Due Diligence
• GP Connect Architecture Patterns
• GP Connect Service Context

Follow-up Evidence

• Current NHS status for Patient Facing API supplier onboarding.
• Customer or supplier evidence identifying patient-facing GP Connect use separately from clinician-facing Access Record.