 NHS Summary Care Records
NHS Summary Care Record
NHS Devon will be introducing the summary care record for all its residents. The NHS Summary Care Record (SCR) will offer patient real improvements in patient safety and clinical care while providing
important safeguards about consent and confidentiality.
What is the NHS summary care record?
Having an NHS Summary Care Record means that any doctor or clinician who is treating you will be able to look at a secure, electronic system and see the following details: what medicines you
are taking, any allergies you have, and whether you have had bad reactions to any medicines. This information can be vitally important, especially in an emergency.
The system we are introducing is known as the NHS Summary Care Record. It will not replace your normal health records, and will not contain a full medical history. The summary care record means
that if you have an accident, become unwell when you are away from home, or need treatment out of normal hours, then the healthcare staff treating you will have immediate access to important
information about you. We believe this will help make your care safer and better.
Over time, health professionals treating you may add details about any health problems and summaries of your care. Every time further information is added to your record, you will be
asked if you agree.
What do I need to do to create an NHS Summary Care Record?
All residents in Devon (excluding Torbay and Plymouth) aged 16 and over will be sent a summary care record information pack from 16 March 2010. The information pack has details of the benefits of the
summary care record and the choices available to you.
The information packs that are sent out start a 12 week public information programme, during that time you will have the opportunity to find out more information and have the choice to opt out of
having a summary care record. The consultation period will end on the 15 June 2010.
If your GP practice does not hear from you by 15 June 2010 we will assume you are happy to have a summary care record. These will be created over the next 12 to 18 months for everyone in Devon who
wants one.
Do I have to have an NHS Summary Care Record?
If you do not want us to create a record for you, you will find a form at the bottom of this page. Please fill out this form and return it to your GP Practice by 15 June 2010.
You can also order a copy of the form from the NHS Care Records Service information telephone line on 0845 603 8510 (calls charged at local rate).
If your GP practice does not hear from you by 15 June 2010 we will assume you are happy to have a summary care record. These will be created over the next 12 to 18 months for everyone in Devon who
wants one.
If you decide to have a summary care record, you can change your mind in future and ask for the data to be no longer visible to healthcare professionals. However, we need to make clear that, unless
there are exceptional circumstances, the information itself will remain on the system, even though it cannot be accessed.
Children under the age of 16 yrs.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 then you can decide, with your child if they are old enough, whether they will have a summary care record. Again, if you do not opt out, a summary
care record will be created.
Opt-out Form
Click here for the Opt-out form.
How to find out more
Further information and advice about the NHS Summary Care Record is available by:
Other languages and formats
Details of the NHS Summary Care Record is available in a range of languages and formats,
click here or call 0845 603 8510 (calls charged at local rate) and the
information will be posted to you.
The formats available include: Braille, large print, audio CD, Gujarati, Urdu, Mandarin, Polish, French, Farsi, Spanish, easy read picture version.
If English is not your first language, the NHS Care Records Service Information Line provides a confidential interpreter in many languages. To use the interpreter service please call 0845 603 8510
(calls charged at local rate). When the call is answered, say which language you would like to use.
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