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Accessing Your GP Health Record
Your GP health record includes information about the care you have had from the surgery
The easiest ways to access your GP health record are:
- using your NHS account (through the NHS website or in the NHS App)
- using the GP online system: SystmOnline
To access your GP health record online, you must be:
- registered with the surgery
- aged 16 or over
Getting help with your GP health record
You can contact the surgery for help if:
- you need a printed copy of your record or to be sent a digital version
- you’re unable to see your record
- information is missing or has disappeared from your record
- you can only see very recent information in your record and you need to see older information
- there’s incorrect information in your record
- you can see information that should not be there (for example, you can see information that’s not yours)
- you do not want to be able to see your record
- someone is pressuring you for information in your record
What's in your GP health record
Your GP health record includes information such as:
- medicines your GP has prescribed
- allergies you have
- vaccinations you have had
- conditions you have been diagnosed with
- notes from appointments at the surgery
- results of tests the surgery has arranged
- letters that hospitals or specialists have sent to your GP
Your GP health record does not include information kept by other services that has not been sent to the surgery. This includes services like hospitals, dentists and opticians. To access this information, you will need to contact the service directly.
You can find out more information about your GP health record on the NHS website.