NHS Number

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22 April 2022

Find your NHS Number online service used 4.6million times in first year

The online Find your NHS Number service which enables people to search for their NHS number was used 4.6million times
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22 August 2016

Individual Patient Identifier live in Ireland

Every patient in Ireland has been assigned unique identifying number, in an effort to improve patient safety and data quality.
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3 February 2016

Ireland consults public on identifier

Ireland’s Health Service Executive has launched a public consultation on the privacy implications of creating a unique health identifier, similar
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A map of Wales
19 January 2016

Wales adopts NHS Number

NHS Wales has adopted the NHS Number as the official patient identifier for all of its IT systems.
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17 December 2015

Ireland races to implement health IT

Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its
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1 October 2015

NHS Number use becomes law

The NHS Number must be used as a single patient identifier across the health and social care system, under a
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22 April 2015

Joe’s view: of identity

Joe McDonald is forever coming across new ways to prove his identity and thinks it is about time that the
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27 March 2015

NHS identifier bill passes Lords

A bill to mandate the use of a common patient identifier across the health and social care system is set
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12 March 2015

Lords to examine NHS identity bill

A bill proposing to mandate the use of a common patient identifier across the health and social care system will
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16 February 2015

Southampton improves NHS Number tracing

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is using the InterSystems HealthShare Spine Mini Service Provider to accelerate NHS Number tracing
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