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Personal Demographics Service MESH

Overview

Use this message integration to search the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) for patient details, using the MESH UI.

The PDS MESH service - formerly known as Master Patient Trace (MPT) - is provided for organisations that do not want to write their own software - typically NHS trusts or local authorities.

It is not intended for software integration - use the PDS FHIR API instead.

It is a batch message integration.  It does not expect an immediate response from PDS.

It requires PDS access approval and a MESH mailbox set up before you can use it.

You can:

create a file containing a trace request

send the trace request to PDS

check for replies and download the response

For how to use PDS MESH, see Using the PDS MESH service with the MESH user interface.

Documentation

Personal Demographics Service MESH documentation

Endpoint

https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/personal-demographic-service-mesh

Contact

https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support