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GP2GP - HL7 V3

Transfer patients' electronic health records, securely and quickly, between their old and new practices when they change GPs using the Health Level Seven Version 3 (HL7 V3) standard.

About this standard

Owner
NHS Digital
Status
Active
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Active standards are stable, maintained and have been assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.

Standards in development are APIs or API standards in alpha or beta, meaning they are available for use but are still in progress and may change.

Deprecated standards are older versions of a standard which are being phased out.

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Standard type
  • Technical standards and specifications
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Record standards define what information to collect and how to format it, for example when registering a new patient.

Data definitions and terminologies define the format of individual data items so they can be consistently represented, for example dates or medication names. Reference sets and controlled lists are also included.

Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.

Information codes of practice are legal or best practice guidelines on how information should be handled.

Contact details
api.management@nhs.net

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Topics and care settings

Topic
  • Continuity of care (ToC)
Care setting
  • GP / Primary care

Dependencies and related standards

Dependencies
Related standards

Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API – use this API to search for patients, retrieve patients by NHS number and update patients.
Personal Demographics Service - HL7 V3 API - use this if you want to use functions that are not yet available on the FHIR API.
Personal Demographics Service - SMSP API - use this if you want to get personal demographics' data without an authenticated end user (no smartcard required). It is, however, read-only and searches are limited to a single result.
Spine Directory Service - LDAP API - use this to access data in the NHS Spine using Directory Service (SDS), a Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) API, which provides details of organisations, people and systems registered with the Spine.
NHAIS GP Links API - use this to manage GP registrations and other patient data in National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS).
Organisation Data Service - FHIR API - use this to search a national repository of NHS Organisation Reference Data using a FHIR interface.
Organisation Data Service - ORD API - use this to search a national repository of NHS Organisation Reference Data using an Organisation Reference Data (ORD) interface.
Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API - use this component of the Spine to deliver messages and files to registered recipients, in this case, to send audit information.

Assurance and endorsements

Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
None - not legally mandated
Quality assurance

Not yet known.

Endorsements

No known endorsements.

Page last updated: 23 August 2023