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A Summary Care Record is a copy of your key information held in your GP record.<\/p>\n
This information, with your consent, can be shared with other healthcare staff who are treating you i.e. If you were to unexpectedly admitted to hospital, they would be able to see some of your problems, medications and allergies. This will help the staff involved in your care make better and safer decisions and how best to treat you.<\/p>\n
You have the choice of what information you would like to share and with whom. Authorised healthcare staff can only view your Summary Care Record with your permission.<\/p>\n
We are able to share your choice of consent for you. Please let reception know which level of information you would like to be shared with other healthcare professional involved in your care.<\/p>\n
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Your options for sharing your Summary Care Record are:<\/p>\n
For further information visit the NHS Care records website<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you don’t want your identifiable patient data to be shared for purposes except for your own care, you can opt-out by registering a Type 1 Opt-out<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0National Data Opt-out<\/a>, or both. These opt-outs are different and they are explained in more detail below. Your individual care will not be affected if you opt-out using either option.<\/p>\n We will not collect data from GP practices about patients who have registered a Type 1 Opt-out with their practice. More information about Type 1 Opt-outs is in our\u00a0GP Data for Planning and Research Transparency Notice<\/a>, including a form that you can complete and send to your GP practice.<\/p>\n This collection will start on 1st September 2021<\/strong>\u00a0so if you do not want your data to be shared with NHS Digital please register your Type 1 Opt-out with your GP practice by 18th August 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you register a Type 1 Opt-out after this collection has started, no more of your data will be shared with us. We will however still hold the patient data which was shared with us before you registered the Type 1 Opt-out.<\/p>\n If you do not want NHS Digital to share your identifiable patient data with anyone else for purposes beyond your own care, then you can also register a National Data Opt-out.<\/p>\n We will collect data from GP medical records about patients who have registered a National Data Opt-out. The National Data Opt-out applies to identifiable patient data about your health, which is called confidential patient information.<\/p>\n NHS Digital won\u2019t share any confidential patient information about you \u2013 this includes\u00a0GP data, or other data we hold, such as hospital data \u2013 with other organisations, unless there is an exemption to this.<\/p>\nOpting out<\/h3>\n
Type 1 Opt-out\u00a0(opting out of NHS Digital collecting your data)<\/h4>\n
National Data Opt-out\u00a0(opting out of NHS Digital sharing your data)<\/h4>\n