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111

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ID

S33

Version

2.0.0

Type

Standard

Status

Effective

Effective Date

Aug 30, 2024 

Contracting Vehicle(s)

 

Introduction

NHS 111 is an online call centre service for Patients with urgent medical concerns. 

This Standard is used for point-to-point messaging to share information between NHS 111 and other Health or Care Organisations, such as GP Practices, Community Pharmacies and ambulance services when a Patient interacts with NHS 111. 

For further information, see NHS 111 - API Catalogue.

Requirements

Suppliers of Solutions for Health or Care Organisations such as GP Practices and Community Pharmacies implement the Receiver requirements. To implement the 111 Report Receiver requirements, you can either use the NHS 111 Report Adaptor or directly implement the requirements without using the Adaptor. It is recommended that anyone who has not already implemented this Standard uses the NHS 111 Report Adaptor.

Note: Only 111 Providers implement the Sender requirements, which is outside the scope of this Standard.

Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

Applicable Suppliers

ID

Requirement 

Level 

Receiver

111-03

Implement and maintain the NHS 111 Report Adaptor inline with the latest specification version.

The adaptor provides a pre-assured implementation of the 111 API receiver.

MUST

Without Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor

Applicable Suppliers

ID

Requirement

Level

Receiver

111-04

Implement and maintain the 111 API Standard V2.1 RC1 inline with the latest specification version.

MUST

Message Implementation

Dependent on your care setting/system the messages received differ. The table below shows which ITK messages you are required to implement based on the Capability you are delivering.

The adaptor covers all of these message types and can be implemented either with GP Practice or Community Pharmacy.

See NHS 111 - Implementations specification for further information.

Capability

Messages

Patient Information Maintenance - GP

NHS 111 General Practitioner Receiving System (POCD_AR000005GB01)

Primary General Practitioner Recipient NHS 111 CDA Document

NHS 111 Report Copy Recipient (POCD_AR000009GB01)

Copy Recipient NHS 111 CDA Document

Referral Management - Community Pharmacy

NHS 111 Out of Hours Receiving System (POCD_AR000007GB01)

Primary Out of Hour Recipient NHS 111 CDA Document
Primary NHS 111 Repeat Caller Document Set

Compliance, Assurance and Testing 

Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

For Suppliers of new services or applications, see the 111 section on Onboarding Overview of the Digital Care Services Interoperability Standards and Requirements.

Without Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

The content for this is currently under development on the NHS Developer Website and will be published in due course. In the meantime, if you have any queries please contact uecintegration@nhs.net and/or itkconformance@nhs.net. 

Documentation

Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

For Suppliers of new services or applications:

It is recommended to read GP software developer guide in conjunction with the adaptor documentation

Without Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

Dependencies

Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor

There are no Interoperability Standards within the Capabilities and Standards model that are dependents.

Without Using NHS 111 Report Adaptor 

Creating a compliant implementation requires implementing the following dependent interface standards:

Roadmap

Items on the Roadmap which impact or relate to this Standard