Patient Record

Online access to medical records

Patients can now access their medical record online though the NHS App, all prospective record entries from 1st November 2022 can be viewed. 

Identity verification will be required prior to record access, this can be completed through the NHS App for all patients who have photographic identification, once this has been verified access will be granted and records made accessible. 

Please note, information within your medical record will not be removed unless it has been entered in error e.g. mistakenly on the wrong persons record. If you don’t not agree with information entered on your record a note can be added to that effect for future reference. 

Further information can be found on the NHS webiste - 

How to get your medical records - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Summary Care Record

There is a new Central NHS Computer System called the Summary Care Record (SCR). The Summary Care Record is meant to help emergency doctors and nurses help you when you contact them when the surgery is closed. Initially, it will contain just your medications and allergies.

Later on as the central NHS computer system develops, (known as the ‘Summary Care Record’ – SCR), other staff who work in the NHS will be able to access it along with information from hospitals, out of hours services, and specialists letters that may be added as well.

Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held on central NHS databases.   

As with all new systems there are pros and cons to think about. When you speak to an emergency doctor you might overlook something that is important and if they have access to your medical record it might avoid mistakes or problems, although even then, you should be asked to give your consent each time a member of NHS Staff wishes to access your record, unless you are medically unable to do so.

On the other hand, you may have strong views about sharing your personal information and wish to keep your information at the level of this practice. Connecting for Health (CfH), the government agency responsible for the Summary Care Record have agreed with doctors’ leaders that new patients registering with this practice should be able to decide whether or not their information is uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System.

For existing patients it is different in that it is assumed that you want your record uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System unless you actively opt out.