We will be sending out texts to patients in the next 2 weeks for them to Opt-in to the national Summary Care Record Additional Information, and also the Oxfordshire Care Summary.
By simply replying to the text you will be opting in and your medical records will be automatically updated.
What are these we hear you ask?
Summary Care Records
This is an electronic record used nationally across England and is available to authorised healthcare professionals who care for you in urgent or emergency situations . This might be if you are ill when you are away from home or when your GP surgery is closed. It is based on your GP record and contains key information to support emergency care such as: medicines you take; any allergies you have; or any bad reactions you have had to medicines.
In England a Summary Care Record is automatically created for you unless you opt out.
You can opt to include Additional Information, including significant medical history, medication, management of long term conditions, end of life care, immunisations and communication preferences (Sensitive information like fertility treatment STIs, pregnancy terminations etc are not automatically included unless you request them to be included).
We highly recommend that patients Opt-in to the national SCR with Additional Information, and the local Oxfordshire Care Summary.
For more information see our Summary Care Record page
