Entries by NHS Digital

Guidance for Registration Authority users on creating a profile for a staff member with an eVisa

eVisas are replacing Biometric Residence Permits.

The option to select an eVisa when creating a new user profile will be added in a future Care Identity Management release. For now, Registration Authority users should continue choosing Biometric Resid...

You can now see all active employment assignments in Digital Staff Passport

Some employees have multiple active assignments in ESR. Previously, not all of an employee's assignments were being sent from ESR to their Digital Staff Passport. Only the employee's primary employment assignment was being sent.

ESR made changes ...

Release notes now in a dedicated area

Up to and including Digital Staff Passport release 9.7 on 17 October 2024, we were publishing release notes to this news section of the website.

We've now created a separate area specifically for Digital Staff Passport releases. To view the lates...

Revised dates for the phasing out of smartcard series 4, 5 and 6

There are now new dates for the removal of series 4, 5 and 6 smartcards from service:

We expect EPS prescription signing to be unavailable from 31 March 2025.
It's planned that authentication with these smartcards will no longer...

Revised retirement date for CIS1 Authentication

Internal NHS England (previously NHS Digital) services have migrated to NHS CIS2 Authentication, but other services may not be migrated in time to meet current timescales.

The revised retirement date for CIS1 Authentication is 28 February 2027. As par...

Help shape digital clinical safety standards

We are reviewing our digital clinical safety standards (DCB 0129 and DCB 0160) to ensure they align with modern technology and user needs.

We’re inviting interested parties to register their interest in joining our pre-consultation focus groups for DC...

Smartcard series 4, 5 and 6 are being phased out from 31 January 2025

Certificate renewal on series 4, 5 and 6 smartcards (Gemplus, JCOP41 & JCOP 41) will no longer be available from 31 January 2025.

Removing older smartcards will allow us to remove the requirement for Gemalto middleware from the serv...

Smartcard series 4, 5 and 6 are being phased out from 31 January 2025

There are new dates for the phasing out of smartcard series 4, 5 and 6. Read the update here.Certificate renewal on series 4, 5 and 6 smartcards (Gemplus, JCOP41 & JCOP 41) will no longer be available from 31 January 2025.

Removing ...

NHS Federated Data Platform Lunch and Learn – Inpatient CCS

Join us for an insightful lunch and learn session on 11 December, focusing on the Inpatients Care Coordination Solution (CCS), a key product available to NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) users. 

Event highlights: 

introduction to Inpatie...

NHS Federated Data Platform Lunch and Learn – Inpatient CCS

Join us for an insightful lunch and learn session on 11 December, focusing on the Inpatients Care Coordination Solution (CCS), a key product available to NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) users. 

Event highlights: 

introduction to Inpatie...