Every time you receive care out of hours or in a emergency settings such as A&E, Healthcare professionals will ask you for permission to view your Summary Care Record to help them with their decision making.
Your Summary Care Record contains 3 important pieces of information about you:
1. Medicines you take
2. Allergies you have
3. Any medicines that make you ill
You can choose not to have a summary care record, if you want to opt out please inform the practice as soon as possible.