---
id: "nhsnumber"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 40
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/nhsnumber"
---

# NHS number (`nhsnumber`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Datatype for 'NHS number' (nhsnumber) from rules in context 'pii'.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii)
- Countries: global
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- fhir: `https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number`
- google_dlp: `UK_NATIONAL_HEALTH_SERVICE_NUMBER`
- presidio: `UK_NHS`
- purview: `U.K. national health service number`
- stdnum: `gb.nhs`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `ennhsfield` (field, `pii/gb/gb_pii.yaml`)
- `ennhsvalue` (data, `pii/gb/gb_pii.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `amazonmacie`
- `awscomprehend`
- `awsglue`
- `azureailanguage`
- `collibra`
- `databricks`
- `googledlp`
- `metacrafter`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`
- `openmetadata`
- `presidio`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Quality

Score 40/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/nhsnumber.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/pii/nhsnumber.yaml>