Summary Care Record
A Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic patient record. It has National Health Service facts on a central database covering England. The idea is that anywhere that a person goes for treatment, for example if they are staying away from their home or if they cannot talk, people will be able to find out about them.
It has
- Drugs which the person has been prescribed
- Known problems with drugs
- Known allergies[1]
In 2022 the Department of Health and Social Care told the integrated care systems to set up shared care records which health and adult social care services could use by 2024. This replaces the summary care record programme.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Ford, Steve. "Lansley confirms summary care record roll-out will proceed". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ Wickware, Carolyn. "Community pharmacy access to shared patient records 'not prioritised'". The Pharmaceutical Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-07.