Summary Care Records

Confidential information from your medical records can be used by the NHS to improve the services offered so we can provide the best possible care for everyone.

This information along with your postcode and NHS number but not your name and address, are sent to a secure system where it can be linked with other health information.

This allows those planning NHS services or carrying out medical research to use information from different parts of the NHS in a way which does not identify you.

You have a choice. If you are happy for your information to be used in this way you do not have to do anything.

Current information can be found on the NHS website digital.nhs.uk/summary-care-records-scr. If you have any concerns or wish to prevent your data from being used please complete our opt out form.

The SCR is an electronic health record that provides healthcare staff with rapid access to essential information about an individual patient in order to provide them with direct care and treatment.