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Changes to how you accept terms and conditions

We’ve changed how you accept terms and conditions in Care Identity Service.

By using a smartcard or other authenticator you now implicitly accept the Care Identity Service terms and conditions.

Read the terms and conditions.

Previously a user had to…

Data Security Protection Toolkit (DSPT) changes for 2024/2025

The DSPT is adopting the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) as its basis for cyber security and information governance assurance.

These changes will affect NHS trusts, foundation trusts, integrated care boards, commissio…

Funding to support GP practices with digital tools throughout 2024/25

Funding is available to help GP practices secure digital tools (online consultation, messaging, appointment booking, demand and capacity) through the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care.

Given the Digital Pathways Framework is no longe…

New drop-in sessions for Apply for Care ID

Following the recent announcement that sponsors will no longer be able to request the creation of users within Care Identity Service from 15 May 2024,  we will be running further sessions to show how Apply for Care ID can be used as an alternative…

Deprecation notice: Reporting, Workgroup Assignment and Position Management will no longer be able available in the CIS application

This change will affect all Care Identity Service application users who:

generate reports
assign and manage workgroups for users
create, edit or remove positions

If you are a user who assigns workgroups, creates or manages positions, or runs rep…

Deprecation notice: reporting, workgroup assignment and position management will no longer be able available in the CIS application

This change was originally due to take place on 1 May 2024. In response to user feedback, we are delaying this change until 15 May 2024.This change will affect all Care Identity Service application users who:

generate reports
assign and manage…

Deprecation notice: Sponsors will no longer be able to use the CIS application from 1 May 2024

This change will affect all sponsors who create user profiles or assigns and manages positions in the old Care Identity Service application.

If you are a Sponsor who creates new user profiles or assigns and manages positions, from 1 May 2024 you must …

Deprecation notice: sponsors will no longer be able to use the CIS application from 15 May 2024

This change was originally due to take place on 1 May 2024. Due to an outage with Apply for Care ID, which sponsors will use in place of the old service, we are delaying this change until 15 May 2024.This change will affect all sponsors who create user…

Drop-in sessions for Apply for Care ID

Following the recent announcement that sponsors will no longer be able to request the creation of users within Care Identity Management, we’ll be running sessions to show how Apply for Care ID can be used as an alternative to face-to-face verifica…

Deprecation notice: user creation and smartcard management is changing on 17 April 2024

This change will affect all users who create user profiles and manage smartcards in the old Care Identity Service application, including:

Registration Authority Managers
Registration Authority Agents and Advanced Registration Authority Agents
ID C…