Source Register
| ID | Title | Type | Publisher / Author | Year | URL / Location | Reliability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRC-001 | NHS App | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app | High for service scope | NHS App service overview and access route. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-002 | About your NHS account | Official public service page | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/account/; current NHS App eligibility | High for public eligibility and account wording | The 2026-06-15 account-page review recorded age 13+ and GP surgery in England eligibility. The current eligibility page, rechecked 2026-09-18, covers GP registration in England or the Isle of Man and retains the Defence Medical Services (DMS)-registration exclusion. General eligibility does not establish the MOD enabling route or service-specific availability. |
| SRC-003 | NHS App Roadmap | Official roadmap page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/roadmap | High for roadmap direction | Time-sensitive roadmap for triage, referrals, appointments, prescriptions, health records, messaging, profile/proxy control, navigation, and platform work. Distinguishes service work from native iOS/Android implementation. Rechecked 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-07-22. |
| SRC-004 | NHS App features | Official feature guide | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features | High for current feature taxonomy | Describes NHS App functions and related service routes. Rechecked 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-005 | GP Connect Patient Facing APIs | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-connect/gp-connect-in-your-organisation/gp-connect-patient-facing | High for patient-facing GP Connect scope | Describes patient-facing APIs for GP record, repeat prescriptions, and user permissions. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-006 | GP Connect Patient Facing Access Record - FHIR API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-patient-facing-access-record-fhir | High for API scope and prerequisites | Defines patient-facing GP record access API. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-007 | GP Connect Patient Facing Prescriptions - FHIR API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-patient-facing-prescriptions-fhir | High for API scope and prerequisites | Defines patient-facing repeat-prescription request API. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-008 | GP Connect Patient Facing User Permissions - FHIR API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-patient-facing-user-permissions-fhir | High for API scope and prerequisites | Defines user-permission retrieval for patient-facing GP services. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-009 | NHS login roadmap | Official roadmap page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-login/roadmap | High for NHS login roadmap direction | Time-sensitive identity, access, proxy, and user-experience roadmap. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-010 | NHS App API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/nhs-app | High for app-integration API route | NHS App integration and API catalogue route. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-011 | Integrate with the NHS App | Official integration guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/integrate-with-the-nhs-app | High for integration process | Describes the route for third-party or NHS-service integration with the NHS App. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-012 | NHS App messaging | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-messaging | High for messaging channel scope | Describes NHS App messaging as a service channel. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-013 | Personal Demographics Service (PDS) | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/demographics | High for PDS scope | Defines PDS as the national electronic database of NHS patient demographic details including NHS number and registered GP practice. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-014 | Organisation Data Service (ODS) | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service | High for ODS scope | Defines organisation identifiers used across health and social care systems. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-015 | Spine | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/spine | High for Spine scope | Defines Spine as infrastructure used by national NHS services. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-016 | How GP Connect works | Official technical overview | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-connect/how-gp-connect-works | High for GP Connect architecture | Describes GP Connect consumers/providers and architecture patterns including Spine Secure Proxy (SSP), Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH), and API-platform routes. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-017 | GP Connect | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-connect | High for GP Connect definition | Defines GP Connect service and use by authorised systems. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-018 | NHS API Platform | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/api-platform | High for API platform boundary | Describes the platform used for NHS APIs and developer access. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-019 | Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) - FHIR API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/electronic-prescription-service-fhir | High for EPS API scope | Describes EPS FHIR API for prescription-related flows. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-020 | NHS App help and support | Official public support page | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/nhs-app-help-and-support/ | High for patient-facing support | Public help route for NHS App issues and account access. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-021 | Manage health services for others | Official public guide | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/help/profile/manage-health-services-for-others/ | High for proxy and linked-profile public guidance | Describes managing services for another person through the NHS App, including child age bands, linked-profile setup, and the age 13+ own-access boundary in the page context. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-022 | Family access feature goes live in the NHS App | Official news page | NHS England | 2026 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/06/family-access-feature-goes-live-in-the-nhs-app/ | High for policy/news statement | NHS England statement about family access in the NHS App. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-023 | HQ Defence Medical Services becomes Defence Medical Command (DMedC) | Official news page | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hq-defence-medical-services-becomes-defence-medical-command | High for DMedC establishment | Official announcement of HQ Defence Medical Services becoming Defence Medical Command. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-024 | Defence Medical Services | Official organisation page | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-medical-services | High for DMS public context | Describes Defence Medical Services and related healthcare responsibilities. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-025 | Global Support Organisation overseas guides: Healthcare - Defence Global Practice | Official guide | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-support-organisation-overseas-guides-healthcare-central-european-practice | High for DPHC Overseas [DPHC(O)] healthcare context | Current Defence Global Practice guide. GOV.UK page updated 2026-03-03. Supports DPHC(O) / Defence Global Practice registration and record-management context, including DGP as a registered UK General Practice / DPHC(O) practice and DGP record management after registration. Does not provide NHS App, PDS, ODS, GP Connect, Interface Mechanism 1 (IM1), supplier, or feature-test evidence. Rechecked 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-026 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2024 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2024 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2024 | High for government-reported access issue | Records an NHS App appointment-booking issue for children under 13 registered with Defence Medical Services for primary healthcare, plus wider Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC)/NHS continuity and record-transfer issues. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-027 | New digital medical records to speed up Armed Forces recruitment | Official news page | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-digital-medical-records-to-speed-up-armed-forces-recruitment | High for MOD digital-record programme | Describes a TPP-delivered system intended to integrate with the NHS. The page uses Programme Cortisone in article prose and Programme CORTISONE in a quoted supplier statement. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-028 | Medical care | Official benefits information page | Discover My Benefits / Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/raf/health-and-wellbeing/medical-care | Moderate-high for armed-forces medical-care public guidance | Public-facing MOD benefits guidance for service medical care; service-specific page. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-029 | Single Patient Record | Official programme page | NHS England | 2026 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/the-single-patient-record/ | High for national strategic direction | Describes national single patient record direction and NHS App access ambition. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-030 | GP Connect Access Record: Structured - FHIR API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/gp-connect-access-record-structured-fhir | High for professional GP Connect API controls | Defines Access Record Structured controls, prerequisites, and Spine Secure Proxy path. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-031 | NHS API technologies | Official developer documentation | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/security-and-authorisation/api-technologies | High for API security/technology patterns | Describes NHS API technology patterns and security routes. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-032 | NHS Notify | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-notify | High for messaging service scope | Describes NHS Notify as a service for sending NHS App messages, emails, texts, and letters, with PDS contact-detail and restricted-status checks. NHS Notify uses multiple communication suppliers and identifies GOV.UK Notify as one supplier for email, SMS and letter delivery. Confirms NHS Notify API or NHS Notify MESH as alternative submission routes. Related MESH setup guidance names integration and production mailboxes; sender-name guidance names the ODS sender identity. Rechecked 2026-09-19. |
| SRC-033 | e-Referral Service | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/e-referral-service | High for e-RS service scope | Describes e-RS as a digital platform used to refer patients to service providers. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-034 | Armed Forces Covenant: annual reports | Official collection | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2025 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/armed-forces-covenant-annual-reports | High for annual-report series scope | Collection page for Armed Forces Covenant annual reports and related documents from 2012 to 2025. Rechecked 2026-06-21; latest listed annual report remains 2025. |
| SRC-035 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2020 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2020 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2020 | High for government-reported programme status | Records medical-record transfer concern and Programme CORTISONE as NHS-connectivity / GP-record transfer context. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-036 | Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans annual report 2021 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2021 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-and-veterans-annual-report-2021 | High for government-reported programme status | Records Programme CORTISONE funding, electronic medical-record transfer, NHS clinician access context, and Defence Primary Healthcare digital triage. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-037 | Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans annual report 2022 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2022 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-and-veterans-annual-report-2022 | High for government-reported programme status | Records concerns about Programme CORTISONE delays and intended MOD/NHS medical-information linkage across the UK. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-038 | Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans annual report 2023 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2023 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-and-veterans-annual-report-2023 | High for government-reported programme status | Records Programme CORTISONE digital transfer aims, DMS primary-care context, and overseas electronic child health-record support. Accessed 2026-06-15. |
| SRC-039 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2025 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2025 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2025 | High for government-reported programme status | Uses Op CORTISONE for electronic healthcare record progress; current wiki treats that as source wording for the Programme CORTISONE strand unless later evidence distinguishes a separate operation. Rechecked 2026-06-21 for NHS App / under-13 appointment-booking follow-up; no direct resolution signal found in the current review. |
| SRC-040 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2012 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2012 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2012 | High for government-reported programme status | Records Community Health Index numbers as patient identifiers for eligible Armed Forces personnel in Scotland. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-041 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2013 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2013 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2013 | High for government-reported programme status | Records CHI numbers, NHS Scotland / MOD information sharing, IT links with NHS England, GP registration context, and Scottish prosthetics telehealth links. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-042 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2014 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2014 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report | High for government-reported programme status | Records NHS GP access to military healthcare records and a future Defence Medical Information Service programme for transferring medical records between DMS and UK Health Services. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-043 | Armed Forces Covenant 2014 annual report update | Official annual-report update | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-2014-annual-report-update | High for government-reported programme status | Records the new Defence Primary Healthcare context; no direct NHS App, CORTISONE, or digital-health implementation signal identified in the current review. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-044 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2015 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2015 | High for government-reported programme status | Records GP access to veterans' medical records, automatic medical summaries to GP practices, service-family medical-record codes, JPA-to-CHI electronic synchronisation, and future Defence Medical Information Programme language. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-045 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2016 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2016 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2016 | High for government-reported programme status | Records the future Defence Medical Information Programme medical-record-transfer commitment, DMS / NHS England shared-health-services work, and Veterans Gateway funding. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-046 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2017 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2017 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2017 | High for government-reported programme status | Records MOD electronic-health-record use for NHS-number access, NHS Digital death-record data matching, Veterans Gateway launch, and electronic school-transfer data. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-047 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report and summary 2018 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2018 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-and-summary-2018 | High for government-reported programme status | Records NHS Digital matching-process work, GP-registration veteran-status questioning, and service-child information-transfer tooling. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-048 | Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2019 | Official annual report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2019 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-covenant-annual-report-2019 | High for government-reported programme status | Records NHS Digital and devolved-administration death-record sharing protocols and NHS Digital-owned data use in mental-health service reporting. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-049 | Patient Care Aggregator | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2025 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/patient-care-aggregator | High for Wayfinder / secondary-care aggregation scope | Defines the Patient Care Aggregator, also known as Wayfinder, as the NHS App route for a single view of secondary-care referrals and bookings, with deep links to patient portals. Route-family tags: Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder appointment summary; Secondary healthcare (SHC) appointment; provider portal deep link. Not Patient Engagement Portal (PEP) document, PEP results-release, GP-filed document, or GP-filed result evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-050 | How the Patient Care Aggregator works | Official technical guide | NHS England Digital | 2025 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/patient-care-aggregator/how-the-patient-care-aggregator-works | High for end-to-end component flow | Describes NHS App, Patient Care Aggregator, e-RS, secondary-care booking systems, patient portal links, NHS login, NHS number use, and API roles. Route-family tags: Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder appointment summary; SHC appointment; PEP appointment deep-link context; NHS login / NHS number technical flow. Not document or results-release evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-051 | Integrating a secondary care booking system with the Patient Care Aggregator | Official integration guide | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/patient-care-aggregator/integrating-a-secondary-care-booking-system | High for onboarding and supplier requirements | Records eligibility, NHS App/NHS login integration, Get Appointments API, Record Service API, patient portal, and optional NHS App API notification requirements. Route-family tags: Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder onboarding; Get Appointments API; Record Service API; PEP appointment or booking function; optional appointment notification. Not PEP document or PEP results-release evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-052 | Building a patient portal for secondary care bookings | Official implementation guide | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/patient-care-aggregator/building-a-patient-portal | High for patient-portal / PEP implementation boundary | Describes the NHS-styled patient portal, NHS App deep-linking, NHS login P9 authentication, allow-listed deep-link URLs, appointment viewing, cancellation, rescheduling, and reporting. Route-family tags: PEP appointment or booking function; NHS App deep-link; appointment view / cancel / reschedule; secondary-care provider portal. Not PEP document or PEP results-release evidence unless a source separately says so. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-053 | Requirements Specification for NHS Wayfinder | Official requirements specification | NHS England Digital | 2022 | https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/nhs-england-directions/wayfinder-nhs-app-services-directions-2022/requirements-specification | High for original Wayfinder architecture and data-processing roles | Defines Wayfinder data flow across NHS App, Patient Care Aggregator, e-RS, Patient Engagement Portals (PEPs), PAS systems, NHS login, ODS, deep links, and controller roles. Route-family tags: Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder architecture; PEP appointment or booking function; e-RS; PAS / booking data; ODS validation; controller-role evidence. Not document or results-release evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-054 | How to integrate with the NHS App | Official integration guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/how-to-integrate-with-the-nhs-app | High for NHS App integration route taxonomy | Distinguishes direct web integration, Notifications and Messaging through NHS Notify onboarding, and Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder integration for secondary care. Route-family tags: direct NHS App web integration; NHS Notify messaging; Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder integration; route taxonomy. Use to classify routes, not to prove a specific appointment, document, or result feature. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-055 | Notifications and messaging in the NHS App | Official feature guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features/notifications-and-messaging-in-the-nhs-app | High for NHS App messaging behavior | Describes NHS App messaging, patient notifications, fallback messaging through suppliers, unsupported message types, and notification settings. Route-family tags: NHS App messaging / notifications; fallback communications; patient-notification behaviour. Not appointment inventory, PEP document, PEP results-release, or GP-record evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. Rechecked 23 October 2026; page last edited 2 October 2026. Separates automatic e-RS processing/acceptance notices from appointment reminders: non-e-RS referrals, direct hospital bookings and rejected referrals do not receive those notices, and referral acceptance does not guarantee an appointment. |
| SRC-056 | NHS Notify API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/nhs-notify | High for NHS Notify API scope | Defines the NHS Notify API for sending messages by email, SMS, NHS App, or letter; previously known as Communications Manager. OpenAPI version v4.71.1 specifies application-restricted signed JWT authentication, NHS numbers, routing plans, sender ODS identity and status queries or callbacks. The alternative MESH API specification, version 2.0.0, names mailbox credentials, TLS certificates and a shared secret. Route-family tags: NHS Notify messaging channel; fallback communication; PDS contactability dependency. Not appointment inventory, appointment management, document, or results-release evidence. Rechecked 2026-09-19. |
| SRC-057 | Clinical guidance for automation of results release in patient engagement portals | Official clinical guidance | NHS England | 2024 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/clinical-guidance-for-automation-of-results-release-in-patient-engagement-portals/ | High for general PEP / NHS App clinical-use context | Uses patient engagement portal (PEP) / NHS App as a digital route for results release, with timing, safety, and override requirements. Route-family tags: PEP results-release route; provider-held results; clinical release timing; suppression / override controls. Not appointment or document-route evidence. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-058 | Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health and care systems | Official guidance | NHS England | 2025 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/implementing-pifu-guidance-local-health-care-systems/ | High for general PEP / NHS App outpatient pathway context | Describes NHS App and PEP as digital routes supporting PIFU communication and patient access, separate from Patient Care Aggregator implementation. Route-family tags: general PEP / PIFU communication; outpatient pathway communication; patient-initiated follow-up. Not Patient Care Aggregator, appointment-booking, PEP document, or PEP results-release evidence unless a source-specific function is identified. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-059 | Family and carer access in the NHS App (proxy access) | Official NHS App practice guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features/family-and-carer-access-in-the-nhs-app-proxy-access | High for ordinary NHS proxy rules | Updated 1 July 2026; rechecked 21 September 2026. Practice-approved, service-specific access requires the same GP practice. Carers cannot manage hospital services or send/view messages in the cared-for profile. App-based applications remain subject to practice approval. Does not establish MOD availability. Replaces the earlier manage-health-services URL. Hospital and cared-for message limits rechecked 23 October 2026; page remains dated 1 July 2026. |
| SRC-060 | How to get family and carer access for children under 16 | Official public guide | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/health-services-for-someone-else-family-carer-access/how-to-get-family-carer-access-children-under-16/ | High for ordinary child proxy rules | Reviewed 2 July 2026; rechecked 21 September 2026. Covers parental responsibility, same-practice registration, consent and safeguarding checks, age reviews and usual cessation at 16. The application trial does not remove practice assessment. Successor to the parent-and-guardian-proxy-access URL; MOD behaviour remains unconfirmed. |
| SRC-061 | Information for under-16s on parents and guardians accessing your doctor's services | Official public guide | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/health-services-for-someone-else-family-carer-access/information-for-under-16s-parent-guardian-accessing-your-doctors-services/ | High for ordinary own-access and confidentiality rules | Reviewed 2 July 2026; rechecked 21 September 2026. Own NHS App access from age 13 requires GP setup and understanding checks; it does not automatically end parental access. Covers permissions, confidentiality and withdrawal. Successor to the gp-services-for-someone-else-proxy-access URL; does not prove MOD eligibility. |
| SRC-062 | Proxy access | Official guidance | NHS England | 2026 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/proxy-access/ | High for formal and informal proxy-access governance | Distinguishes formal GP-practice-managed proxy access from informal credential sharing; describes tailored access, separate credentials, audit trail, withdrawal, and safeguarding risks. Accessed 2026-06-16. |
| SRC-063 | Interface Mechanism 1 API standards | Official API standards | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/interface-mechanism-1-standards | High for IM1 interface scope | Defines IM1 as API standards for integration with principal GP clinical systems, including EMIS Web and TPP SystmOne supplier interfaces and patient API functions for appointments, repeat medication, prescriptions, medical records, and GP communication. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-064 | IM1 Pairing integration | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/digital-services-for-integrated-care/im1-pairing-integration | High for IM1 pairing and assurance process | Defines pairing integration, notes no current confirmed IM1 decommission plan, identifies foundation supplier interface mechanisms, and describes Service Conformance Assessment List (SCAL), Model Interface Licence (MIL), test, assurance, and live rollout stages. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-065 | Interface Mechanism 1 PFS Auth | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/im1-pfs-auth-api | High for in-development IM1 patient-facing authentication route | Defines an in-development API for authenticating users and creating an IM1 session to access Patient-Facing APIs. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-066 | GP Connect non-functional requirements | Official technical guidance | NHS England Digital | 2025 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-connect/develop-gp-connect-services/development/non-functional-requirements | High for GP Connect enablement and assurance constraints | Records audit/provenance expectations and that provider systems must let the practice data controller enable or disable GP Connect globally and by capability, with capabilities deployed disabled by default. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-067 | Partner onboarding | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/partner-onboarding | High for NHS England API/service onboarding and assurance model | Lists supported APIs and services including GP Connect, IM1 Auth Proxy Service, NHS App, NHS App notifications and messaging, NHS Notify, Patient Care Aggregator / Wayfinder, e-RS APIs, PDS APIs, and MESH; describes assessment areas covering clinical safety, data protection, technical assurance, and information security. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-068 | Referrals and bookings - guidance for specific use cases | Official developer guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/building-healthcare-software/referrals-and-bookings/guidance-for-specific-use-cases | High for GP booking/referral interface distinctions | Describes registered-GP referral/booking routes using PDS, Spine Directory Service (SDS), and GP Connect Appointment Management, and states that NHS App and third-party software options use IM1 Pairing for GP-system integration in the relevant GP booking context. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-069 | Hospital and specialist appointments in the NHS App | Official feature guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features/hospital-referrals-and-appointments-in-the-nhs-app | High for NHS App secondary-care appointment and document scope | Describes hospital and specialist appointment visibility in the NHS App, including e-RS, connected trust PEP appointment or booking functions, appointment management, documents, questionnaires, paperless preferences, and age / trust participation limits. Route-family tags: SHC appointment; PEP appointment or booking function; SHC provider document route; questionnaires / paperless preferences; age and trust participation. Not Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) Primary healthcare (PHC) appointment, GP-filed result, or CORTISONE evidence. Accessed 2026-06-17. Rechecked 23 October 2026; page last edited 16 October 2026. Hospital-service access is generally 16+, with some trusts requiring 18+. Notifications/messages and booking actions are additional features; pending change requests must not be described as completed changes. |
| SRC-070 | NHS App integrated live partners and services | Official integration status page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/how-to-integrate-with-the-nhs-app/nhs-app-integrated-partners-and-services/nhs-app-integrated-live-partners-and-services | High for live NHS App partner-service taxonomy | Lists integrated NHS App partner organisations, products, service features, and patient-facing functions. Current taxonomy also includes national services such as NHS 111 online, Be Part of Research, GP registration, online health checks, proxy application, and vaccination routes. Route-family tags: live partner taxonomy; national service; appointment function; provider document function; questionnaire; PIFU; medical information integration. Use only with function-level tagging. Rechecked 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-071 | GP health records in the App | Official feature guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features/gp-health-records-in-the-app | High for NHS App GP-record, document, and test-result scope | Describes GP health record views in the NHS App, including appointment notes, medicines, allergies, some GP and hospital-ordered test results, documents, prospective record entries, and GP-system controls. Route-family tags: GP-filed document view; GP-filed result view; GP health-record access; GP-system release controls; prospective record entries. Not PEP document or PEP results-release evidence. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-072 | Programme Cortisone | Official programme publication page | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2020 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-cortisone | High for Programme CORTISONE vision publication | Provides the Programme CORTISONE vision and accessible version. Current use is programme-scope evidence, not proof of NHS App integration or live feature availability. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-073 | HealthShare Unified Care Record (UCR) | Official product page | InterSystems UK | 2026 | https://www.intersystems.com/uk/products/healthshare/unified-care-record/ | High for vendor product positioning | Describes HealthShare Unified Care Record as a shared care-record product that aggregates, normalises, and deduplicates decentralised data for workflows, analytics, FHIR applications, and AI use cases. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-074 | InterSystems Health Connect healthcare integration engine | Official product page | InterSystems UK | 2026 | https://www.intersystems.com/uk/products/healthshare/health-connect/ | High for vendor product positioning | Describes Health Connect as a healthcare integration engine for secure data exchange, standards support, APIs, FHIR, HL7, DICOM, IHE profiles, process management, and monitoring. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-075 | UK Ministry of Defense selects InterSystems HealthShare and IRIS for Health to underpin new defense medical information system | Vendor news page | InterSystems | 2021 | https://www.intersystems.com/news/uk-ministry-of-defense-selects-intersystems-healthshare-and-iris-for-health-to-underpin-new-defense-medical-information-system/ | Moderate-high for vendor-stated CORTISONE product role | States that the UK Ministry of Defence selected InterSystems technology for Programme CORTISONE, including HealthShare, IRIS for Health, an Integration Platform, CORTISONE Portal, Terminology Service, Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI), and Provider Directory. Use with MOD sources because this is vendor-published. Accessed 2026-06-17. |
| SRC-076 | InterSystems sibling wiki: Programme CORTISONE / UK Defence Healthcare | Local cross-deck synthesis | InterSystems sibling project | 2026 | [local path withheld] |
High for local cross-wiki synthesis; not a primary source | Summarises CORTISONE / InterSystems evidence and source boundaries. Consult the sibling wiki source IDs for primary provenance before promoting claims. |
| SRC-077 | InterSystems sibling wiki: HealthShare Unified Care Record | Local cross-deck synthesis | InterSystems sibling project | 2026 | [local path withheld] |
High for local cross-wiki synthesis; not a primary source | Summarises HealthShare Unified Care Record product positioning and CORTISONE relevance boundaries. Consult the sibling wiki source IDs for primary provenance before promoting claims. |
| SRC-078 | InterSystems sibling wiki: Health Connect | Local cross-deck synthesis | InterSystems sibling project | 2026 | [local path withheld] |
High for local cross-wiki synthesis; not a primary source | Summarises Health Connect product positioning, integration-engine role, standards support, and evidence limits. Consult the sibling wiki source IDs for primary provenance before promoting claims. |
| SRC-079 | DMICP FOI response 2021/09961 | Official FOI response | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2021 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61cc6c9be90e07196eb175be/PUBLIC_1633006970.pdf | High for DMICP source-system context | Describes the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme as the electronic integrated healthcare record source for primary healthcare and some MOD specialist care, with a centralised coded data warehouse and free-text limitations. It does not define an appointment API or NHS App integration. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-080 | CQC DMS medical centres year 6 key findings | Regulator inspection report | Care Quality Commission | 2023 | https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/cqcs-inspection-programme-defence-medical-services/key-findings-inspections-year-6/medical-centres | High for regulator-reported DPHC information-system issues | Records DMICP / DMICP Fixed / Fixed Overseas / Maritime / DMICP Deployed interface issues, performance-indicator gaps, discharge-letter and record-transfer issues, and appointment delays when records were unavailable. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-081 | CQC DMS medical centres 2024/25 key findings | Regulator inspection report | Care Quality Commission | 2025 | https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/defence-medical-services/2024-25/key-findings/medical-centres | High for regulator-reported DPHC triage and information-system context | Records DPHC Total Triage, appointment-capacity examples, continuing information-system / coding / DMICP search limitations, and follow-up appointment-search issues. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-082 | GP Connect Appointment Management - FHIR API | Official standard | NHS England Standards Directory | 2025 | https://standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/gp-connect-appointment-management-fhir-api | High for GP appointment API standard | Defines an active FHIR standard for managing GP practice appointments between systems, including appointment and scheduling scope and dependencies including PDS and Spine Directory Service FHIR APIs. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-083 | GP Connect Patient Facing Appointment Management - FHIR API | API catalogue mirror | GOV.UK API Catalogue / NHS Digital | 2026 | https://www.api.gov.uk/nd/gp-connect-patient-facing-appointment-management-fhir-api/ | Moderate-high for patient-facing GP appointment API scope | Describes patient-facing GP appointment search, booking, retrieval, details, and cancellation functions, with registered-GP and NHS login P9 assumptions. Use cautiously because this is an API.gov mirror, not the primary NHS England Digital catalogue page. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-084 | Patient Care Aggregator Get Appointments API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/patient-care-aggregator-get-appointments | High for secondary-care appointment payload route | Defines the API for a secondary-care provider to provide a list of bookings for a patient to the Patient Care Aggregator. It does not prove GP / DPHC primary-care appointment integration. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-085 | Patient Care Aggregator Record Service API | Official API catalogue page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/patient-care-aggregator-record-service/patient-care-aggregator-record-service-api | High for secondary-care appointment registration route | Defines the API for a secondary-care provider to tell the Patient Care Aggregator which patients have bookings. It does not prove GP / DPHC primary-care appointment integration. Accessed 2026-06-18. |
| SRC-086 | Defence medical waiting times cut as new appointments system launches | Official news page | GOV.UK / Strategic Command | 2025 | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-medical-waiting-times-cut-as-new-appointments-system-launches | High for DPHC Total Triage rollout context | Records national rollout of Total Triage at 105 Defence Primary Healthcare medical centres, with patient requests submitted through an online form or by phone and triaged to advice, face-to-face appointment, or remote consultation. It also records the introduction of SMS appointment reminders as part of the improvement work. Route-family tags: DPHC PHC access route; Total Triage; online form / phone request; triage-to-appointment workflow; SMS reminder context. Not NHS App appointment booking, DMICP API/feed, NHS Notify onboarding, GP Connect, IM1, Patient Care Aggregator, or PEP evidence. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-087 | Organisation Data Service ORD API and MOD / DMS organisation query | Official API / reference data | NHS England Digital / Organisation Data Service | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/organisation-data-service-ord | High for ODS organisation reference data; API-status-sensitive for current records | ORD API is open-access and returns ODS organisation records, roles, relationships, and status. Current review queried active DEFENCE, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, and specific DDG, XDM, S22029, and related records: DDG is Defence Medical Services with primary role RO172 Independent Sector Healthcare Provider; DDG01 and DDG03 are sites operated by DDG; XDM is Ministry of Defence with primary role RO126 Government Department; S22029 is Ministry of Defence with primary role RO227 Scottish GP Practice. A 2026-06-21 DGP boundary check found no literal active Defence Global Practice, DGP, DPHC, or Central European Practice organisation result in simple ORD name searches, while the DGP guide postcode WS14 9PY returned active prescribing-cost-centre records including A91122, A91153, A91154, and A91216, plus MOD / DMS site records. This narrows candidate organisation context but does not prove DPHC Firmbase or DPHC(O) PDS registered-GP state, GP-system supplier, GP Connect / IM1 enablement, proxy setup, or NHS App feature availability. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-088 | ODS GP Practices (Prescribing Cost Centres) reference data catalogue | Official reference data catalogue | Organisation Data Service | 2026 | https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/referenceDataCatalogue/565791179.html | High for GP practice / prescribing-cost-centre semantics | Explains that what are often called GP Practice ODS codes are Prescribing Cost Centre codes, that GP Practice is a subset identified by non-primary role RO76, and that RO177 Prescribing Cost Centres have RE4 / RE6 commissioning and operating relationships. This prevents a MOD or DMS ODS identifier from being overread as ordinary GP-practice registration. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-089 | Organisation Data Service default codes | Official data dictionary reference | NHS England Data Dictionary | 2024 | https://archive.datadictionary.nhs.uk/DD%20Release%20May%202024/supporting_information/organisation_data_service_default_codes.html | High for default / pseudo-code boundary | Records default or pseudo ODS codes including XMD00 for Commissioner Code for Ministry of Defence Healthcare, V81998 for GP Practice code not applicable, V81999 for GP Practice code not known, and V81997 for no registered GP practice. These codes are boundary evidence, not proof of DPHC Firmbase GP-practice registration. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-090 | National Data Sharing Portal for GP Connect | Official transparency website | National Data Sharing Portal for GP Connect | 2026 | https://transparency.ndsp.gpconnect.nhs.uk/Help | Moderate-high for GP Connect transparency scope | Describes a public search site for healthcare settings that have access to GP records via GP Connect, searchable by organisation name or ODS code. Current pass found no positive DPHC Firmbase onboarding evidence from simple public searches; treat that as a non-finding, not proof of absence. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-091 | Defence personnel NHS commissioning statistics: index and background quality report | Official statistics / background quality report | GOV.UK / Ministry of Defence | 2025 / 2021 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-personnel-nhs-commissioning-quarterly-statistics-index | High for DMS registration definition and commissioning-statistics context | Collection records official statistics for Defence Medical Services registration and notes publication has ceased after consultation. Background quality report states that personnel with DMS registration have primary-care / GP services provided by MOD rather than NHS and includes UK armed forces and entitled civilians. Use as registration-context evidence only, not NHS App feature evidence. Accessed 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-092 | Programme CORTISONE IP and EMPI performance rows | Official MOD transparency ODS files | Ministry of Defence | 2024-2025 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689dfb981fedc616bb133a02/20250813_JUL-AUG-SEP_2024_Final_Data_For_Publication.ods; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689dfb8b31afb0b64efc4461/20250813_OCT_NOV_DEC-2024_Final_Data_for_Publication.ods; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689e0408b4b6acd341133a03/20250813_JAN_FEB_MAR-2025_Final_Data_For_Publication.ods | High for official supplier/performance-row presence | Cross-deck primary-source carry-over from the InterSystems sibling wiki. ODS rows name MOD Defence Digital, Programme CORTISONE IP and EMPI, INTERSYSTEMS CORPORATION, and service/collaboration performance measures in FY24/25. They support supplier/performance-row presence, not NHS App feature availability or live clinical configuration. Accessed in sibling project 2026-06-17; carried over 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-093 | IP&EMPI and DMS-IX InterSystems FY25-30 award | Official procurement API record | Contracts Finder / Ministry of Defence | 2025 | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Published/Notices/OCDS/Search?publishedFrom=2025-11-10T00:00:00Z&publishedTo=2025-11-10T23:59:59Z&limit=100 | High for MOD procurement evidence | Cross-deck primary-source carry-over from the InterSystems sibling wiki. OCDS release ocds-b5fd17-2b3bf0e3-d46f-4962-9e69-52eca2170a54 records an active award titled IP&EMPI (HealthShare and IRIS for Health Licenses) and DMS-IX (IRIS for Health Licenses) FY25-30, supplier Intersystems Corporation, value GBP 6,173,707, and contract period 2025-10-01 to 2030-09-30. It supports CORTISONE licence-package evidence, not NHS App publication. Accessed in sibling project 2026-06-18; carried over 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-094 | GP Connect supplier progress | Official supplier progress page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-connect/supplier-progress | High for NHS-published supplier progress snapshot | Cross-deck primary-source carry-over from the InterSystems sibling wiki. NHS supplier-progress page edited 2026-06-05 includes InterSystems IRIS For Health (Middleware) in consumer supplier progress and InterSytems Healthshare in Access Record: Structured supplier capabilities. This is GP Connect supplier-progress evidence only; it does not prove DPHC / CORTISONE deployment, GP Connect PFS enablement, or NHS App feature availability. Rechecked 2026-06-21. |
| SRC-095 | NHS App technical specification | Official technical specification | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-documents/nhs-app-technical-specification | High for NHS App system context, feature routes, and integration patterns | Defines NHS App API, responsive-web, and link-out patterns; identifies NHS 111 online, NHS.UK health information, service search, NHS Blood and Transplant organ donation, National Data Opt-Out, Be Part of Research, vaccination, digital health check, NHS Notify, GP systems, and provider integrations. It also describes a hybrid mobile architecture; native code does not mean every presented service is internal to the app. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-07-02. |
| SRC-096 | NHS 111 online | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2025 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-111-online | High for NHS 111 online service scope and operating status | Defines NHS 111 online as a live, continuously supported urgent-care triage service for people in England aged 5 or over, available by website and NHS App. Records around 550,000 completed triages per month and identifies NHS Pathways and Directory of Services dependencies. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2025-12-17. |
| SRC-097 | NHS Pathways | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2025 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-pathways | High for urgent-care clinical triage component definition | Defines NHS Pathways as the clinical decision-support and triage content used across NHS 111, 999, Integrated Urgent Care, NHS 111 online, and other urgent-care settings. It does not itself prove DPHC appointment access. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-098 | Organ donation in the NHS App | Official public help page | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/help/profile/organ-donation/ | High for current user journey | Describes how a user can make, view, confirm, or change an organ donation decision through the NHS App profile. The page's review date is stale, so current route details are cross-checked against the 2026 technical specification, NHS Blood and Transplant material, and release notes. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-099 | First national digital organ donation drive released to NHS App users in England | Official service-owner news page | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026 | https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/first-national-digital-organ-donation-drive-of-its-kind-released-to-nhs-app-users-in-england/ | High for 2026 organ-donation service change and user outcome | Records that NHS App users can check, record, reconfirm, or update an organ donation decision, and describes the 2026 NHS Organ Donor Register user-journey changes. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-100 | NHS Blood and Transplant privacy notice | Official privacy notice | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026 | https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/privacy/ | High for Organ Donor Register data-controller and record boundary | States that organ donation decisions and identifying data are recorded on and managed through the NHS Organ Donor Register. Supports the boundary that the NHS App is a presentation/transaction route rather than the authoritative organ-donation record. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-101 | National Data Opt-Out | Official service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-data-opt-out | High for choice-management service scope | Defines how individuals can view or change a National Data Opt-Out choice through the NHS App or other channels and states that the choice is recorded against the NHS number on Spine. Age and proxy handling is route-specific. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-102 | Be Part of Research | Official national research-participation service | National Institute for Health and Care Research | 2026 | https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/join/ | High for research-participation service scope | Defines the free UK-wide service for finding and taking part in health and care research. The NHS App technical specification identifies it as an NHS login-enabled web integration. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-103 | NHS.UK roadmap | Official roadmap page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs.uk/nhs.uk-roadmap-and-strategy | High for NHS.UK and health-advice direction | Describes 2026/27 work to make health advice and guidance more structured, reusable, and personalised; improve service finding and self-referral; and create more seamless NHS.UK, NHS App, and wider-system journeys. Time-sensitive roadmap evidence, not current feature entitlement. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-104 | Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England | Official national strategy | Department of Health and Social Care | 2025 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future/fit-for-the-future-10-year-health-plan-for-england-accessible-version | High for strategic direction | Describes the NHS App as a future digital front door for advice, appointments, communication, care plans, self-referral, prevention, and urgent-care access. Strategic intent does not prove current DPHC access or implementation. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-105 | Medium Term Planning Framework 2026/27 to 2028/29 | Official NHS planning framework | NHS England | 2025 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/medium-term-planning-framework-delivering-change-together-2026-27-to-2028-29/ | High for NHS implementation direction | Expects wider adoption of NHS App capabilities, migration of direct-to-patient communications to NHS Notify, unified digital triage, and integration of core national products during 2026/27 to 2028/29. Applies to the NHS bodies in scope; it does not by itself direct MOD or prove DPHC implementation. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-106 | NHS App release notes | Official release record | NHS | 2026 | https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/about/nhs-app-release-notes/ | High for recent released changes; highly time-sensitive | July 2026 entries record wider organ-donation confirmation and NHS 111 urgent-advice signposting on error pages. Use as a release signal, not as a full feature catalogue or DPHC entitlement source. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-107 | Guidance on developing business cases for projects and programmes | Official business-case guidance | HM Treasury | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-developing-business-cases | High for current UK government business-case method | Sets out the proportional, iterative Five Case Model process for projects and programmes. Used as a completeness framework for the IRTB(P), not as the Defence staff-work format. Accessed 2026-07-25; updated 2026-06-30. |
| SRC-108 | The Green Book 2026 | Official appraisal and evaluation guidance | HM Treasury | 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-government/the-green-book-2026 | High for case for change, options, appraisal, and evaluation principles | Defines case for change, business as usual, objectives, strategic fit, options, benefits, risks, uncertainty, and the strategic, economic, commercial, financial, and management dimensions. Used proportionately; it does not prescribe the IRTB(P) headings. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-109 | DCDC Writers' Handbook | Official MOD writing handbook | Ministry of Defence | 2023 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcdc-writers-handbook | High for public MOD plain-English and presentation principles; limited for IRTB(P) format | Supports clear, concise, consistent Defence writing and points to current JSP 101 as the MOD house style. It is written primarily for Defence Futures and Joint Doctrine products, so use its general principles rather than treating it as an IRTB(P) template. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-110 | JSP 441 Managing Information in Defence, Part 2 | Official public MOD guidance | Ministry of Defence | 2016 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627142/2017-02121.pdf | Moderate-high for general Defence writing principles; old and supersedable | Recommends accurate, concise, clear, simple, relevant, reasoned, and logical writing, and points to JSP 101 for Defence writing formats. Confirm current internal policy before formal issue. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-111 | JSP 507 MOD Guide to Investment Appraisal and Evaluation | Official public MOD guidance | Ministry of Defence | 2014 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-507-mod-guide-to-investment-appraisal-and-evaluation | Moderate-high for historic MOD application of Green Book principles; old and supersedable | Applies HM Treasury appraisal principles in MOD. Use only as public Defence context and confirm current internal investment and approval policy before formal decision use. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-112 | General business case process guidance | Official NHS business-case guidance | NHS England | 2018 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/general-business-case-process-guidance/ | Moderate-high for adjacent NHS ownership, assurance, and approval practice | Supports properly constructed, locally owned, proportionate cases and assurance routes. It is adjacent practice, not the Defence IRTB(P) format or current Treasury authority. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-113 | NHS App IRTB(P) retained working document | Local project artefact | DMedC NHS App project | 2026 | Retained source: NHS App IRTBP.docx; generated draft: outputs/NHS App IRTBP - capability business case draft.docx |
High for the retained project layout; not public policy authority | Establishes the continuous Issue, Recommendations, Timing, Background and Presentation layout, numbering and visual treatment. Embedded references to internal Defence guidance are not available in the repository. Confirm the current internal template, security marking, staffing route, and approval authority before formal issue. Reviewed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-114 | NHS App features | Official current-feature catalogue | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features | High for the current top-level NHS App capability catalogue | Lists prescriptions, changing GP surgery, GP health records, GP appointments, messaging, hospital and specialist appointments, GP medical and administrative requests, waiting times, proxy access, integrated partners, and patient-facing service controls. It is a catalogue, not proof that every function is enabled for every practice, provider, proxy, or DPHC cohort. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-04-20. |
| SRC-115 | New look NHS App: What has changed | Official current navigation and feature-grouping page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/resources/new-look-nhs-app-what-is-changing | High for current user-visible labels and navigation | Defines the 2026 Home, Messages, and Profile structure. Home exposes prescriptions, appointments, test results, vaccinations, health conditions, and documents; NHS information and support exposes NHS 111 online, NHS Health A to Z, and Find services near you; Profile exposes personal details, settings, health choices, family/carer access, and integrated care plans where available. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-05-13. |
| SRC-116 | NHS App step-by-step guide | Official user-journey guide | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/toolkit/step-by-step-guide | High for current eligibility, exclusion, user-facing task labels, and navigation; implementation-sensitive | States directly that people registered at a surgery provided by Defence Medical Services cannot currently use the NHS App. Also confirms that NHS Service Finder and Health A to Z can be used after NHS login account creation before GP linkage, describes Find NHS services near you, and records Profile, messages, biometric login, and same-practice family/carer access journeys. It establishes the current DMS exclusion, not the enabling route or future DPHC cohort behaviour. Accessed 2026-07-25; page published 2026-07. The separate official NHS App eligibility guidance was rechecked on 2026-09-19 and still explicitly excludes Defence Medical Services patients; general eligibility includes GP registration in England or the Isle of Man. Eligibility, age requirements and DMS exclusion rechecked 21 September 2026. The separate eligibility guidance, including the DMS exclusion, was rechecked on 23 October 2026 for R41 implementation planning. |
| SRC-117 | Changing GP surgery in the NHS App | Official current feature page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/nhs-app-features/register-with-a-gp-surgery-service-in-the-nhs-app | High for current-GP visibility and change-GP connected-service scope | Confirms that users can view current GP surgery details and apply to register with a new GP surgery through the NHS App. Practice acceptance, catchment, NHS-record matching, supplier functionality, and proxy exclusions remain route-specific. For DPHC, treat this as a registration-transition and continuity function, not as proof that DPHC registration is equivalent to an ordinary NHS GP practice. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-04-20. |
| SRC-118 | Report of the Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) Lessons Learned Review | Official independent review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 2023 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1162944/Report_of_the_Armoured_Cavalry_Programme_Lessons_Learned_Review.pdf | High for documented MOD / DE&S use and purpose of IRTB briefs | Describes IRTB as a written brief using Issues, Recommendation (or Response), Time and Background, and records that the briefs helped senior leaders understand issues for escalation and accountability. It evidences the format family and operational purpose, not the current general-purpose template or local approval route. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-119 | DSPCR Chapter 4: exemptions and exclusions in the DSPCR | Official former DE&S / MOD procurement guidance | Defence Equipment & Support / Ministry of Defence | 2025 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-european-union-defence-and-security-public-contracts-regulations-dspcr-2011/dspcr-chapter-4-exemptions-and-exclusions-in-the-dspcr | High for public evidence of the five-heading formal-submission sequence; not current procurement policy | Paragraph 41 describes a formal submission as issue, recommendation, timing, background, presentation. The page states that the Procurement Act 2023 took effect on 24 February 2025, the DSPCR chapters are no longer maintained, and the policy must not be applied to new procurements. Use as format evidence only. Accessed 2026-07-25; page updated 2025-02-27. |
| SRC-120 | JSP 815 Part 2: Leaflet 9 Template for Fatality Notification | Archived official Defence template | Ministry of Defence | 2014 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/549121/JSP-815-Dec-14-Legacy-With-Archive-Text.pdf | Moderate-high for a worked historical IRTB(P)-family example | Leaflet 9 uses Issue, Recommendation, Timing, Background and Presentational issues in a numbered submission. It is archived legacy safety guidance and must not be treated as current policy or a general-purpose template. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-121 | JSP 507 Investment Appraisal and Evaluation Part 2 | Historical official Defence appraisal guidance and submission example | Ministry of Defence | 2014 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c3eeae5274a2041cf2b48/JSP507_Part_2_U.pdf | Moderate-high for historical Defence options and submission structure; supersedable for current policy | Annex B to the Financial Retention Incentive guidance uses Issue, Recommendations, Timing and Background, then requires a do-nothing benchmark, remaining options, selected option, costs, benefits, controls and delivery. This supports listing alternatives before selecting one, but the document is old and current internal policy must be confirmed. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-122 | Primary Care Registration Management (PCRM) | Official national service page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/primary-care-registration-management | High for current PCRM service role, scope, status, and related services | Defines PCRM as a live back-end GP-registration service coordinating new and previous GP systems with PDS. States that PCRM replaced NHAIS GP-registration elements in 2024, is mandatory for GP systems in England, and is used across England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and DMS. The DMS scope does not identify a named DPHC practice configuration or prove NHS App access. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-05-05. |
| SRC-123 | GP registration digital guide | Official technical process guide | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/building-healthcare-software/gp-registration | High for current end-to-end registration component roles | Separates Register with a GP surgery, PDS, PCRM, and GP2GP. States that PCRM manages the formal registered-GP change in PDS and lists PDS/PCRM coverage as including DMS, while GP2GP transfers the electronic GP record. It does not describe DPHC cohort-specific NHS App behaviour. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-124 | NHAIS GP Links | Official NHS API catalogue / integration page | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/nhais-gp-links | High for the current GP-system-to-PCRM integration route | Defines NHAIS GP Links as the production integration for registration, previous-practice deduction, and PDS demographic updates through PCRM. Documents asynchronous MESH messaging, EDIFACT native payloads, a deployable FHIR-compliant RESTful adaptor, application-restricted authorisation, legal-basis and onboarding requirements, and the NHAIS-to-PCRM routing transition. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last edited 2026-05-05. |
| SRC-125 | Writing for services in Defence | Official Defence Service Manual content guidance | Ministry of Defence | 2023 | https://www.digital.mod.uk/policy-rules-standards-and-guidance/service-manual/content/write-for-digital-services | High for current public MOD digital-content requirements | States that all MOD digital services, including internal services, must use GOV.UK content principles and styles. Requires simple language, restraint with acronyms, first-use expansion for unfamiliar terms, preservation of agreed military terminology, and correct capitalisation for named Defence terms. Links to the GOV.UK style guide, accessibility guidance, DCDC Writers' Handbook, MOD acronym lookup and security-classification guidance. Accessed 2026-07-25; page updated 2023-04. |
| SRC-126 | Content designers: meet accessibility regulations | Official Defence Service Manual accessibility guidance | Ministry of Defence | 2022 | https://www.digital.mod.uk/policy-rules-standards-and-guidance/service-manual/accessibility/meet-accessibility-regulations/content-designers | High for current public MOD content-accessibility rules | Requires necessary content, plain English, short sentences and paragraphs, clear unique titles, semantic heading levels, meaningful link text, alternative text, captions/transcripts, consistent labels and clear error messages. Accessed 2026-07-25; page updated 2022-11. |
| SRC-127 | Writing for user interfaces | Official GOV.UK Service Manual guidance | Government Digital Service | 2018 | https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/writing-for-user-interfaces | High for established GOV.UK interface-writing principles; recheck before treating examples as current | Requires short and direct copy, one idea per sentence, important words first, inclusive language, descriptive headings and links, one descriptive H1, sentence case, first-use acronym expansion on each page, and clear readable URLs. Accessed 2026-07-25; page last updated 2018-04-16. |
| SRC-128 | GOV.UK A to Z style guide | Official current government content style guide | Government Digital Service | 2026 | https://guidance.publishing.service.gov.uk/writing-to-gov-uk-standards/style-guides/a-to-z-style-guide/ | High for current government content conventions | Requires first-use expansion for most abbreviations, active voice, UK English, and rather than & except in proper names, and sentence/capitalisation conventions. Lists NHS and UK among the small set of terms that normally need no expansion. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-129 | Security classifications | Official Defence Service Manual security entry point | Ministry of Defence | 2026 | https://www.digital.mod.uk/policy-rules-standards-and-guidance/service-manual/security-classifications | High for the current public MOD classification, marking and publication-control entry point | Directs Defence users to current rules for classifying and marking OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE, SECRET and TOP SECRET information and for publishing content online. The public landing page does not replace current internal security advice or release approval. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-130 | MOD acronyms and abbreviations | Legacy official MOD acronym lookup | Ministry of Defence | 2008 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/227048/acronyms_and_abbreviations_dec08.pdf | Low-moderate as a historical lookup aid; not current terminology authority | Large historical acronym and abbreviation list linked from the Defence Service Manual. Use only to identify possible meanings, then verify against current Defence terminology, the responsible authority and source-specific wording. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-131 | DMSR external-referral delay analysis | Internal evidence reference reported in the retained IRTB(P) source and validated by the project owner | Defence Medical Services Regulator / DMedC project evidence | 2025 | Primary reference named in SRC-113: 20250530-Waiting Times PSN-O.pdf; primary file is not retained in this repository |
Internal-validated for the scoped finding; primary artefact not retained in the repository | The project owner confirmed on 2026-07-25 that DMSR analysis found Defence-related causes in 84% of the reviewed external-referral delay cases, including inaccurate contact details and delays passing appointment details to patients. Use the figure only within that reviewed-case scope. Do not generalise it to all referrals or appointments or use it as the sole case for change. |
| SRC-132 | Hospital patients can now check appointments in the NHS App | Official NHS England implementation update | NHS England | 2026 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/hospital-patients-can-now-check-appointments-in-the-nhs-app/ | High for current national secondary-care implementation status; implementation-sensitive | Reports that every acute NHS trust in England was connected to the NHS App secondary-care route by April 2026, 64% of hospital appointments were visible, and around half of trusts could send appointment reminders through NHS App push notifications. This does not prove that every appointment or DPHC patient's booking is visible, or that a DMICP primary-care route is connected. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-133 | NHS urges “tap the app” as 1 in 4 miss appointments | Official NHS England campaign and appointment-statistics release | NHS England | 2026 | https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/03/nhs-urges-tap-the-app-as-1-in-4-miss-appointments/ | High for current NHS appointment-reminder and administrative-value context; not DPHC-specific | Links NHS App notifications and appointment reminders to reducing missed appointments, records 16 million missed GP appointments in 2025, and directs users to update contact details and enable notifications. It supports the general reminder value case but does not prove DPHC access, DMICP integration, sender onboarding or attributable Defence outcomes. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-134 | Defence Healthcare Delivery Optimisation Patient Access draft Statement of Requirements | Officially published draft procurement artefact | Ministry of Defence / Defence Digital | 2022 | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/84ca7c36-7e84-47f8-bed1-5d7a7dfdc869 | Moderate for historical DPHC patient-access intent; not current service-state evidence | The uncontrolled draft records limited digital patient access, intended use of personal devices, possible use of the NHS App for selected capabilities, advice and guidance, appointment management, reminder notifications, patient records, prescription management, digital triage, and continuous communication. It supports historical intent and problem framing only. It does not prove current requirements, approval, procurement outcome, implementation, or NHS App availability. Accessed 2026-07-25. |
| SRC-135 | DPHC Medical Centre geographic baseline | Internal estate baseline validated by the project owner | DMedC / DPHC project evidence | 2026 | Latest project-owner correction recorded in the project task on 2026-07-27; underlying estate artefact not retained in this repository | Internal-validated for current programme planning and UK reach | Confirms 103 UK DPHC Medical Centres, of which 89 are in England. England therefore represents 86.4%, approximately 86%, of the current planning estate. This baseline supersedes the earlier project-owner counts of 91 and the earlier denominator of 106. SRC-086 reports a separate public denominator of 105 for the April 2025 Total Triage context. Recheck when the estate changes or before reusing the figure outside this decision context. |
| SRC-136 | GOV.UK Notify | Official service page | Government Digital Service | 2026 | https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk/ | High for GOV.UK Notify channel and API scope | Confirms that GOV.UK Notify sends email, SMS and letters and can integrate with a web application or back-office system through its API. It does not itself provide the NHS App message channel or prove the reported DPHC implementation. NHS Notify is the separate NHS orchestration and onboarding route that may use GOV.UK Notify as a communication supplier. Accessed 2026-07-26. |
| SRC-137 | DPHC appointment SMS workflow and proposed channel transition | Internal implementation baseline and design direction reported by the project owner | DMedC / DPHC project evidence | 2026 | Project-owner statements recorded in the project task on 2026-07-26 and 2026-07-27; service configuration, API integration, supplier, channel-performance and approval artefacts are not retained in this repository | Internal-reported for current workflow discovery and programme framing; implementation, pilot and decision artefacts required before assurance, delivery or channel replacement | Reports that the current DPHC appointment SMS reminder workflow uses GOV.UK Notify. The proposed NHS App reminder route should initially run alongside current DMICP SMS reminders and may later become the primary route and replace routine SMS for defined cohorts only after delivery, reconciliation, accessibility, support, safety, cost, exception and fallback evidence supports a separate recorded decision. This narrows the candidate source and transition model but does not prove the DMICP trigger/feed contract, NHS Notify sender onboarding, NHS App delivery, replacement case, approval, fallback configuration, assurance or end-to-end behaviour. |
| SRC-138 | DPHC Medical Centre patient-facing practice display | Internal service baseline reported by the project owner | DMedC / DPHC project evidence | 2026 | Project-owner statement recorded in the project task on 2026-07-26; patient screenshots, PDS extracts and cohort test artefacts are not retained in this repository | Internal-reported for IRTB(P) service description; live cohort confirmation required before estate-wide guidance | Reports that the NHS number and registered GP practice display for a DPHC-registered patient uses the civilianised Medical Centre name and address. This supports the current IRTB(P) wording but does not by itself establish mobile NHS App access, ordinary NHS GP-practice equivalence, GP-linked feature enablement or consistent behaviour for every DPHC cohort. |
| SRC-139 | DMICP current NHS App connection boundary | Internal capability baseline reported by the project owner | DMedC / DPHC project evidence | 2026 | Project-owner statement recorded in the project task on 2026-07-26; current architecture, interface, security, information-governance, cost and delivery artefacts are not retained in this repository | Internal-reported for the current IRTB(P) capability boundary; retained technical and assurance evidence required before investment or delivery decisions | Reports that DMICP cannot currently provide the approved clinical or provider-system connections needed for NHS App access to GP health records; repeat-prescription requests and nominated-pharmacy changes; appointment and referral information, notifications and tracking; secure provider messages; or clinical documents and test results. Significant technical, information-governance, Defence-security, cost and deliverability positions and constraints must be resolved before those services can be made available to Defence patients. This supports the current sequencing boundary but does not establish permanent infeasibility or select a future integration solution. |
| SRC-140 | MOD NHS England registration and secondary national registration baseline | Internal registration baseline confirmed by the project owner | DMedC / DPHC project evidence | 2026 | Project-owner statements recorded in the project task on 2026-07-26, 2026-07-27 and 2026-09-18; supporting PDS, ODS, registration-policy and representative cohort artefacts are not retained in this repository | Internal-validated for current IRTB(P) cohort-scope planning; implementation evidence required | The 18 September clarification states that all MOD-registered patients are registered first with NHS England and retain that registration throughout their MOD registration. Secondary registration in Scotland or Wales, where applicable, does not replace this NHS England registration. Secondary registration in Northern Ireland is intended but is not yet in place. The proposed enablement therefore covers MOD-registered patients throughout that period, including those resident elsewhere in the UK, on the continuing NHS England registration basis. This is a planning baseline, not proof that the current DMS exclusion has been removed, that every age or proxy mode is eligible, or that every service is available. Retain the national-registration arrangements and representative patient states; do not infer two simultaneous ordinary GP registrations. |
| SRC-141 | NHS App further support | Official operational support guidance | NHS England Digital | 2026 | https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/resources/trouble-shooting-guide/further-support | High for published support responsibilities | Updated 24 February 2026; checked 21 September 2026. Separates practice/supplier settings, NHS login identity and sign-in issues, and App features after sign-in. Staff may raise a request for a patient with consent. Informs support design; does not establish MOD support agreements or eligibility. | | SRC-142 | NHS login error messages and support | Official service help | NHS login | Current help page | https://help.login.nhs.uk/error-messages-support | High for published sign-in troubleshooting | Checked 21 September 2026. Covers GP-link errors, account details and missing security codes, including international roaming and changed phone numbers. Supports testing sign-in during overseas postings; does not establish entitlement, service coverage or a guaranteed overseas connection. |
Source Rules
- Use stable source IDs.
- Prefer official and primary sources where possible.
- Record source type, provenance, reliability, and scope limits.
- Do not copy protected source text into the wiki.
- Treat NHS England Digital and NHS public pages as high-authority sources for NHS App and NHS-service definitions, while rechecking roadmap and API-status claims before implementation decisions.
- Treat MOD and GOV.UK pages as high-authority sources for Defence Medical Command, Defence Medical Services, and armed-forces healthcare context.
- Treat the current mobile-access exclusion for people registered at a Defence Medical Services surgery as established by SRC-116. Treat cohort eligibility, implementation routes, and feature behaviour as unresolved until direct MOD, NHS England, NHS England Digital, service-owner, supplier, or test evidence confirms the exact outcome.
- Use Source Freshness to classify source volatility before relying on roadmap, API-status, live-partner, MOD programme, supplier, or annual-report evidence for implementation decisions.
- Use Cross-Deck Evidence Carry-Over before promoting InterSystems sibling wiki synthesis into DMedC claims.