Listen to the Questions and Answers following the talk including why patients who may be at risk of cancer or indeed have cancer should have access to their records. Another staff member reminds the audience of the need for the Summary Care Record so that even if we do not sign up for access to our own GP electronic health records, the clinicians caring for us anywhere in England can access summary information about our health to help them guide treatment. (NHS Tameside & Glossop will be starting an awareness campaign for the public on this next month with a view for records to be uploaded to the Spine later this year. Haughton Thornley Medical Centres recommends patients support this. Click
here for further information to see why we encourage patients to access their GP electronic health records as well as having a Summary Care Record that can be accessed with patient's permission in an emergency or urgent situation). This is
Real-time Digital Medicine.