NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

If an Out of Hours doctor is visiting you…

If an ambulance is called…

If you are taken to A & E…

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

would you like the healthcare staff treating you to know

1...the medications you take?

2...the allergies you suffer from?

3...any bad reactions to medicines you may have?

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

If so, the

Summary Care Record

will give healthcare staff fast and secure access to

those three critical pieces of information to help with

your treatment.

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

Once a patient gives consent,a SCR can be securely accessed by healthcare professionals in:

•Emergency Departments

•Out of Hours

•Ambulance

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

• Patients have rights under law relating to confidentiality.

• The NHS Care Record Guarantee sets out commitments made to patients about how their NHS Care Records are handled.

SCR Confidentiality

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

SCR Security• Higher level of security than internet banking• Healthcare professionals use a ‘smart card’

and password, like ‘chip & pin’• Audits and alerts built into the system• Healthcare professional will ask for patients

permission before accessing their SCR

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

If a patient chooses not to have an SCR

(by opting out) or does not give consent to

access their SCR, the healthcare professional

treating may have to call the surgery in case

they need information.

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Those that are happy to have an SCR need not do

anything further, the SCR is automatically created

for them.

NHS Summary Care Record (SCR)

For More Information

www.nhscarerecords.nhs.uk

Call the NHS SCR information line  0300 123 3020

or email scr.comms@nhs.net