<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="NamingSystem-NHS-Number" />
  <name value="NHSNumber" />
  <status value="active" />
  <kind value="identifier" />
  <date value="2023-12-05" />
  <publisher value="HL7 UK" />
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 UK" />
    <telecom>
      <system value="email" />
      <value value="ukcore@hl7.org.uk" />
      <use value="work" />
      <rank value="1" />
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="NHS England" />
  <description value="NHS Number allocated to the patient in England and Wales. For more details see: [NHS Data Model Dictionary](https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/attributes/nhs_number.html)" />
  <usage value="A unique patient identifier for everyone registered with the NHS in England and Wales." />
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri" />
    <value value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" />
    <preferred value="true" />
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid" />
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.2.1.4.1" />
    <preferred value="false" />
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="other" />
    <value value="NHS" />
    <preferred value="false" />
    <comment value="PID.3 (CX.4) HSCIC HL7 V2 ADT" />
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>