Viewing your Health Record
Medical records hold information about you. They are also sometimes called health records. Your health record includes information such as consultation notes, test results, and documents. You can access your health record and nominate someone you trust to access it too.
You can use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) or Patient Access to access your health record. You’ll need to ask the surgery for online access for a more detailed health record.
For more information on how to access your medical records, please visit: www.nhs.uk – How to get your medical records.
For further information, please also see:
- www.nhs.uk – Abbreviations commonly found in medical records
- www.practice365.co.uk – My Access to My Medical Records
Accessing other’s medical records
As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. You can set this up via the NHS app if you are both registered with us.
Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.
The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else
Making a Subject Access Request
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have a legal right to request access to the personal data and medical information we hold about you. This formal request is known as a Subject Access Request (SAR).
While the NHS App gives you quick, digital access to your recent medical records, test results, and prescriptions, a SAR is a deeper, formal request used when you need a complete copy of your entire medical history. This can include historic paper records, hospital letters, and internal consultation notes.
For more information, and for access to the forms to complete a SAR, please see the following document: