Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API
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| Field | Value |
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| Description | Transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations using the Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) API. |
| Reference code | |
| Has the standard been published? | true |
| Nationally Mandated | false |
| Status of standard | Active |
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| Submit feedback | |
| Standard type | Technical standards and specifications |
| Documentation Help Text | |
| Link to Documentation | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/message-exchange-for-social-care-and-health-api |
| Contact details | api.management@nhs.net |
| Topic | Messaging |
| Care setting |
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| Related standards | A number of NHS digital's APIs are messaging APIs that use MESH as the transport layer. For a full list, see the [API catalogue, filtered on MESH APIs](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue?filter=mesh). In particular, this includes [National Event Management Service - FHIR API](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/national-events-management-service-fhir), for publishing and subscribing to healthcare events such as updates to patient demographic details. |
| Dependencies | No known dependencies |
| Assurance | The NHS Digital API Catalogue uses a development process based on [GDS agile delivery](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery). You can find out more about how they develop APIs, technical standards and specifications in their [reference guide](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide) |
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