Summary Care Record

A Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic patient record. It has National Health Service facts on a central database covering England.  The idea is that anywhere that a person goes for treatment, for example if they are staying away from their home or if they cannot talk, people will be able to find out about them.

It has 

 Drugs which the person has been prescribed
 Known problems with drugs
 Known allergies

In 2022 the Department of Health and Social Care told the  integrated care systems to set up  shared care records which health and adult social care services could use by 2024. This replaces the summary care record programme.

 References 

Category:Computer terminology
Category:National Health Service