Skip to main Search Home Opening Hours Online Services Our Staff News Contact Us Language Patient Record View your medical record Sharing Your Medical Record Increasingly, patient medical data is shared e.g. between GP surgeries and District Nursing, in order to give clinicians access to the most up to date information when attending patients. The systems we operate require that any sharing of medical information is consented to by patients beforehand. Patients must consent to sharing of the data held by a health provider out to other health providers and must also consent to which of the other providers can access their data. e.g. it may be necessary to share data held in GP practices with district nurses but the local podiatry department would not need to see it to undertake their work. In this case, patients would allow the surgery to share their data, they would allow the district nurses to access it but they would not allow access by the podiatry department. In this way access to patient data is under patients' control and can be shared on a 'need to know' basis. Emergency Care Summary There is a Central NHS Computer System called the Emergency Care Summary (ECS). The Emergency Care Summary is meant to help emergency doctors and nurses help you when you contact them when the surgery is closed. It will contain information on your medications and allergies. Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held securely on central NHS databases. As with all 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. This website uses cookies We use cookies to improve user experience. Choose what cookies you allow us to use. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. STRICTLY NECESSARY PERFORMANCE TARGETING FUNCTIONALITY ACCEPT ALL DECLINE ALL