Detailed Care Records

Records containing information about your medical care exist now in a variety of places, for example, at your GP surgery or at hospitals where you have received treatment.

NHS organisations which normally work together in a local area - such as hospitals, clinics and GPs - are gradually being linked electronically. These are described as Detailed Records.

Depending on where you receive care, you may have more than one linked record. Instead of having separate records in all the different places where you receive care, staff caring for you will have access to the information they need. We will tell you when this happens.