From the 10th October 2023, if you are over the age of 16 years old you will be able to see Allergies, Medicines, Immunisations, Health conditions, Test Results, Consultations and Events via the NHS App. 

More information on the NHS App can be found here

If you would like to see your historic medical records using online services, please complete the form below and bring to the reception front desk at the surgery along with photographic identification. 

Please note, we will only be able to provide historic access from the date you registered at Park Medical Centre. If you need a complete set of all your medical records, please submit a Subject Access Request. 

Online Medical Record Access Form

More information can be found by clicking here

You can use the NHS App to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone, tablet or internet browser.

It doesn’t replace existing services. 

You can still contact us in the usual ways. But, once you have verified your identity in the app, you will have easy, 24/7 access to a growing range of health services and information.

• Advice and information
• Prescriptions
• Manage your health

click here to download "Getting started with the NHS App guide"

click here to watch videos on how to use the NHS App. 

A SAR is a request that can be made in writing or by asking for access to the personal information a company or organisation holds on you. This is a legal right that any individual in the UK is entitled to exercise at any point for free. 

You can ask someone else to submit a subject access request for you, for example, a solicitor or family member acting on your behalf. You may be asked to provide confirmation that you have asked them to do this.

More information on Subject Access Requests can be found on the ICO (information commissioner's office) here.. 

Whilst a SAR gives you the right to obtain a copy of your personal data, it should be noted that there are other ways to obtain your health and care records. The NHS is seeking to empower people and transform their experience of health and care by giving them the ability to access, manage and contribute to digital tools, information and services - for example, most patients can now request access to their GP record online, including via the NHS App.

To request a subject access request, please email or write to us and include:

• Name
• DOB
• What personal information you want (be specific about the information you’re asking for, and where relevant, say what information you don’t need)
• Details or dates that will help the organisation find the information you want

If you have a Subject Access Request in progress with Park Medical Centre, we outsource some of our Medical Reports to iGPR. For enquiries please contact 01527 570005 anytime between 9am and 5pm or complete a contact form via their website www.igpr.co.uk/contact

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, created from GP medical records. It can be seen and used by authorised staff in other areas of the health and care system involved in the patient's direct care.

More information on SCR can be found below: 

NHS England

NHS Digital

Increasingly, patient medical data is shared e.g. between GP surgeries and District Nursing, in order to give clinicians access to the most up to date information when attending patients.

The systems we operate require that any sharing of medical information is consented to by patients beforehand. Patients must consent to sharing of the data held by a health provider out to other health providers and must also consent to which of the other providers can access their data.

e.g. it may be necessary to share data held in GP practices with district nurses but the local podiatry department would not need to see it to undertake their work. In this case, patients would allow the surgery to share their data, they would allow the district nurses to access it but they would not allow access by the podiatry department. In this way access to patient data is under patients' control and can be shared on a 'need to know' basis.

If you do not want your personally identifiable patient data to be shared outside of your GP practice for purposes except your own care, you can register an opt-out by downloading the opt out form here and sending it to park.medicalcentre@nhs.net. This is known as a Type 1 Opt-out. 

More information can be found on the NHS website here.. 

While you have mental capacity, you can set up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) to give someone the authority to make decisions on your behalf. This person is known as an attorney, while the person who makes the LPA is called the donor.