Set up NHS login

What is NHS login?

NHS login allows you to access lots of different health and care websites and apps with just one set of login details. You can securely access many digital health and care services with one email address and password.

Where you can use NHS login

There are lots of health and care websites and apps that allow you to use NHS login. These include NHS services, online pharmacies, patient access services, and online consultation services.

List of websites and apps you can access with NHS login

What you need to set up an NHS login

To set up an NHS login you will need:

  • an email address (with more than 6 characters)
  • a mobile phone or a landline number

To be able to use some services, you will also need to provide your:

  • NHS number or your full name
  • date of birth
  • postcode

To access your health records or any personal information you will also need to provide high level proof of who you are. If your mobile phone number matches the one you have registered with your GP, we will use it to verify your identity. Otherwise, you will need to provide proof of identity.

This can be a:

  • passport
  • UK driving licence (full or provisional)
  • Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
  • UK Residence Card, or EEA Biometric Residence Card (BRC) (including temporary pass)
  • European driving licence (full)
  • European national identity card

If you cannot provide a valid photo ID, you can use your registration details from your GP surgery.

These are:

  • a Linkage Key (also known as Passphrase)
  • an ODS Code (also known as Organisation Code or Surgery ID)
  • an Account ID

You need to ask your GP surgery for these details.

How to set up an NHS login

You must access a health and care website or app before you can set up an NHS login. Many of them will show the NHS login button.

You will need to:

  1. Enter your email address.
  2. Create a password.
  3. Enter the security code we email to you.

For added security, you will need to set up Two-step verification by:

  1. Providing a mobile phone or landline number.
  2. Entering the 6 digit security code we send to this number.

To access some websites and apps, you may need to provide additional information and prove who you are. This is so we can connect you to your NHS record and protect your health information.

More information on how to prove who you are