Summary Care Record hits Normanton!

The Summary Care Record system is a national database of patient health details that can be assessed by health professionals all over the UK. Initially we thought that it was going to contain a summary of patients important medical conditions. We had concerns about the security of this and whether the NHS could keep confidential information properly private and confidential and refused to let our patients details be uploaded.

But over time the contents of the Summary Care Record contents has got reduced and will now only contain details of medication you are taking, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines that you have had. This seems fairly innocuous stuff to me and this week Wakefield District PCT has started sending letter to our patients informing them about what is going to be uploaded to the Summary Care Record.

They are using a scheme of 'implied consent' that means that they assume you consent to this. If you do not want this to happen you have to 'opt out' and tell them and us. Some patients have already told us that they don't want their details uploading to the Summary Care Record. We have entered specific codes on their notes and hopefully this will not happen.

For more details about the Summary Care Record click here. And if you would like to opt out - click here for the form and bring it into the surgery.

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