Introduction
GP Connect's vision is to accelerate and extend data access to patients in an efficient way. Part of that accelerating work is patient-facing services (PFS), which enable seamless access of data for patients from Foundation System (FS) suppliers.
The overall design of PFS is based on providing access to PFS APIs implemented by existing and new market entrant (NME) Foundation System suppliers. Access to the new consumer PFS APIs would be managed through NHSD API Management Apigee gateway.
Getting started
The enablement team can help get you started by guiding you in the following:
1. Confirming the GP Connect (Patient Facing) User Permissions capability fulfils the use case requirements
Read through this specification to ensure that it fulfils the requirements for your use case, and that the sending or receiving system(s) can meet the data requirements - for example, having the information required to populate the user permissions API response as described in this specification.
2. Submit your use case for the User Management capability
Contact gpconnect@nhs.net about your use case for the User Management capability.
3. Getting your use case approved
Use cases are approved on the basis that development is started for the capability approved within six months. If this date is missed, then a review of the case will be required.
4. Getting conformance
Once approved, the service practitioner will:
- introduce the assurance process and artefacts to gain technical conformance
- set up a Microsoft Teams page which will be used to raise queries
5. Assurance
The developed solution will require assurance before it can be enabled in production.