Access your medical records

Medical records hold information about you. They are also sometimes called health records.

You'll have seperate records for any NHS service you go to including your GP surgery, hospital, dentist or opticians.

How to get your record depends on which record it is.

Your GP record includes information like any conditions or allergies you have and any medicine you're taking.

Most patients will automatically be given access to more information added to their GP record from November 2022 onwards. This includes letters, test results and appointment notes.

Some people may also have access to information added to their GP record before this date.

Get your GP record using your NHS account

You can get your GP record by logging into your account using the NHS app or NHS website.

First, you need to register for online services and prove who you are by providing two forms of ID by visiting the Surgery.

You'll need to ask your GP surgery for online access to your full record, or you'll only see your medicines and allergies.

Paper or Email copy

You can ask for all or parts of your GP medical record by completing a Subject Access Request form available at reception. Please be aware that we require two forms of ID to confirm your identitiy. We have 28 days to provide you with your medical record, so please request this as soon as it is required. Please be aware we follow strict GDPR regulations. 

There are certain circumstances in which someone else can request a copy of a medical record which is not there own.

• Solicitors - can request a copy of your medical record, but consent must be provided by the solicitor from yourself.
• Insurers - we will not give over your full medical record to an insurance company, instead they may request for a form to be completed based on your medical history. We will complete this form, where consent has been provided by the insurance complany for yourself.
• Parents/ Court Guardian - may have access to a childs records if they have parental responsibility and this is not contrary to a child’s best interests or a competent child’s wishes. For children under 16, any person with parental responsibility may apply for access to the records. Any children aged 11 or over are generally expected to have the competence to give or withhold their consent to the release of information from their health 
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• Lasting Power of Attorney for Health & Welfare - When patients lack mental capacity, healthcare professionals are likely to need to share information with any individual authorised to make proxy decisions, such as an individual acting under the authority of a lasting power of attorney.