Summary Care Records

You have requested a copy of your Summary Care Record (SCR).

Summary Care Record (SCR) is a national database that holds electronic records of important patient information such as current medication, allergies and details of any previous bad reactions to medicines.

It is created from GP medical records – whenever a GP record is updated, the changes are synchronised to SCR.

It can be seen and used by authorised staff in other areas of the health and care system who are involved in the patient’s direct care but do not need access to the patient’s full record.

Some organisations are telling patients to get a copy of this from their GP. This is not something we are able to do. We do not have access to it. 

When we send a referral we supply this information as part of the referral, which we call a summary.

You can also view this information in the NHS app.