Summary Care Records

Summary Care Records (SCR) is an NHS England service.The aim is to allow access for healthcare professionals to key information in an emergency or when the surgery is closed.

The information in your SCR can include:

• Your recorded allergies and sensitivities
• Treatments received or ongoing
• Any known long-term conditions
• Recent test results
• Recent one-off medications
• Current repeat medication(s)

Access to Medical Records

In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and/or Article 15 of EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016.

Subject Access Request from patients are to be requested in writing. The turnaround time for the request can be up to 21 days.

For more information please visit NHS Choices or the Health and Social Care Information(HSCIC) websites.