Summary Care Record

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The Summary Care Record is an electronic patient record used in the NHS in England that provides key medical information, such as medications, allergies, and adverse reactions, to authorized healthcare staff to support safer, faster care.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NHS information system
electronic patient record
accessControlledBy NHS smartcard
role-based access controls
accessedBy authorized healthcare staff
benefit reduces medication errors
reduces need to repeat medical history
supports clinical decision-making
contains adverse reactions
allergies
current medications
key medical information
country England
dataController NHS England NERFINISHED
dataFormat structured clinical data
dataSource GP record
general practice clinical systems
governedBy Caldicott principles NERFINISHED
NHS information governance policies
hasFeature audit trail of access
emergency access capability
patient consent preferences
summary view of key clinical data
hasPatientRight right to opt out
right to view their record
hasPurpose improve information sharing
support faster care
support safer care
implementedIn England NERFINISHED
introducedBy National Programme for IT in the NHS NERFINISHED
introducedIn late 2000s
legalBasis NHS care provision
UK data protection law
managedBy NHS Digital NERFINISHED
NHS England Transformation Directorate NERFINISHED
partOf NHS care records service ecosystem
sector healthcare
supports medicines reconciliation
out-of-hours care
unplanned care
urgent and emergency care
technologyType centralised electronic health record
usedBy NHS England NERFINISHED
National Health Service in England NERFINISHED
usedInSetting GP practices NERFINISHED
NHS 111 services NERFINISHED
community healthcare services
hospitals
out-of-hours services

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Electronic Prescription Service relatedTo Summary Care Record
NHS Spine infrastructure supportsService Summary Care Record