---
title: "Read one synthetic Patient"
method: GET
path: "/api/nhs/pds/Patient/{id}"
tags: ["FHIR read-only subsets"]
---

# Read one synthetic Patient

`GET /api/nhs/pds/Patient/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sim.animahealth.com`
- URL: `https://sim.animahealth.com/api/nhs/pds/Patient/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `sim_session`

Read-only FHIR R4-shaped subset; requires gp scope. Uses local SIM identifiers, not NHS numbers/ODS codes. No NHS profile validation, fuzzy tracing, record updates or real network access. Unsupported, repeated or empty query parameters return 400.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Synthetic FHIR-shaped result

- FhirPatient
  - `deceasedDateTime` string: Date of death for a deceased synthetic patient; absent for a living patient.
  - `resourceType` 'Patient', required
  - `id` string, required
  - `active` boolean, required
  - `identifier` object[], required
    - `use` string, required
    - `system` string, required
    - `value` string, required
  - `name` object[], required
  - `birthDate` string, date, required
  - `address` object[], required
  - `telecom` object[], required
  - `generalPractitioner` object[], required
  - `meta` object, required

## Other responses

- `400`: FHIR-shaped error response
- `401`: FHIR-shaped error response
- `403`: FHIR-shaped error response
- `404`: FHIR-shaped error response
- `405`: FHIR-shaped error response

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/animahealth/apis/nhs-sim-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/animahealth/apis/nhs-sim-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/animahealth/apis/nhs-sim-api/revisions/c7803d7a3e58?raw)