API Evangelist Sector Report
The State of UK Healthcare APIs
13 UK healthcare organizations scored — the mirror image of the US inversion: one national payer, so the incumbent (NHS England) is the strongest contract publisher and the challengers orbit it. Governance is 0.0 across all 13; consent is legible at exactly one provider.
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UK Healthcare
Grouped by Kin Score band and ranked by composite score within each, with the separate agent-readiness score alongside. Click the scores on any row to open the full facet and dimension breakdown behind both numbers, and click again to close it.
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13 providers
Developing 2 45–59.9 Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps.
1
Semble Developing agent aware Patient Engagement & Scheduling
Semble is a London-headquartered (7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR) cloud clinical and practice-management platform for United Kingdom private and independent h...
Composite
49.4
Agent
34.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 49.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality
5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity
10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency
9.2 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
10.0 / 10
Regulatory · Health
9.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
7 / 7
Typed Event Surface
6 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
2
NHS England Developing agent native National Health System
NHS England (which absorbed NHS Digital in 2023) is the national body that runs England's public health and social care API platform at digital.nhs.uk and ap...
Composite
45.2
Agent
77.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 45.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality
13.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
14.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity
1.6 / 20
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
8.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
9.1 / 15
Agent readiness — 78/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
15 / 15
MCP Server
12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
6 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
3 / 3
Thin 4 30–44.9 Limited machine-readable signal beyond documentation a human can read.
3
NHS Digital Thin agent ready National Health System
NHS England Digital is the national provider of digital health technology for the NHS in England. It delivers a comprehensive suite of REST and FHIR APIs cov...
Composite
44.7
Agent
48.1
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 44.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality
14.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
7.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity
10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.0 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
10.0 / 10
Regulatory · Health
8.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 48/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
15 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
7 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
4
Huma Thin agent ready Telehealth & Virtual Care
Huma (Huma Therapeutics Limited) is a United Kingdom-headquartered digital health and remote patient monitoring company that provides a regulated, configurab...
Composite
44.1
Agent
46.2
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 44.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality
10.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity
7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
8.0 / 10
Regulatory · Health
8.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 46/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
15 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
5
Patients Know Best Thin agent aware Patient Engagement & Scheduling
Patients Know Best (PKB) is a UK health-technology company operating what it describes as the world's largest personal health record, with more than seven mi...
Composite
38.5
Agent
40.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity
6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency
6.2 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
9.3 / 10
Regulatory · Health
10.4 / 15
Agent readiness — 40/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
3 / 3
6
EMIS Health Thin agent ready EHR / EMR Systems
EMIS Health is a United Kingdom health-technology company and one of the two dominant GP clinical-system providers in the NHS (alongside TPP SystmOne), suppl...
Composite
37.3
Agent
50.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 37.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality
9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity
2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.0 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
8.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
10.1 / 15
Agent readiness — 50/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
15 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
Emerging 5 15–29.9 More than an index entry but still mostly links rather than artifacts.
7
TPP (SystmOne) Emerging human only EHR / EMR Systems
TPP (The Phoenix Partnership) is a UK healthcare software company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Leeds, England. Its flagship clinical system, SystmOne...
Composite
28.0
Agent
13.5
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 28.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
9.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity
3.7 / 20
Operational Transparency
1.4 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
8.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
8.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 14/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
8
OpenPrescribing Emerging agent ready National Health System
OpenPrescribing.net is an open-data service built and operated by the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford. It turns the En...
Composite
26.1
Agent
51.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 26.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity
0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.7 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
10.0 / 10
Regulatory · Health
5.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 52/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
15 / 15
MCP Server
12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
9
Accurx Emerging human only Clinical AI & Documentation
Accurx is a United Kingdom clinical communication and workflow company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, whose software is used across NHS primar...
Composite
20.4
Agent
6.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 20.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity
4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
6.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
6.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
3 / 3
10
Lantum Emerging human only Practice Management
Lantum (formerly Network Locum, founded 2012 in Shoreditch, London) is a United Kingdom healthcare workforce-management company whose Connected Scheduling pl...
Composite
17.8
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 17.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity
6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.7 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
6.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
4.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
11
Healthera Emerging human only Patient Engagement & Scheduling
Healthera is a United Kingdom digital-health and patient-engagement company, founded in 2015 by Cambridge University students and headquartered in Cambridge,...
Composite
15.6
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 15.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity
4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.7 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
6.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
4.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
Minimal 2 0–14.9 Index entry only; little beyond a description and a link.
12
Push Doctor Minimal human only Telehealth & Virtual Care
Push Doctor is a UK telehealth company offering video consultations with licensed UK GPs via smartphone, describing itself as the UK's first platform to prov...
Composite
14.6
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
0.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity
4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.0 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
6.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
4.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
13
Cera Minimal human only Telehealth & Virtual Care
Cera is a United Kingdom-based digital-first home healthcare company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, that describes itself as Europe's largest ...
Composite
14.5
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.5/100 · minimal
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity
4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency
0.7 / 13
Governance
0.0 / 12
Discoverability
6.8 / 10
Regulatory · Health
4.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 15
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3