"Better information means better care?" - Don't be fooled.

[Sali]

You would think so, wouldn't you?

 

 

Time and time again, I find that I have to explain that I am allergic, seriously allergic to penicillin - even with the red warning sticker on the front of my notes !

 

 

Chances of me seeing my own GP is on a par with me wining the lottery !

 

 

It's a worry, isn't it. What happens to those people cognitively impaired or unconcious? Perhaps they do not live to tell the tale.

[citizenB]

It's a worry, isn't it. What happens to those people cognitively impaired or unconcious? Perhaps they do not live to tell the tale.

 

 

Indeed - Doctors can bury their mistakes - literally !

[Ford]

i think this is the SC Record i referred to where if you go to a hospital etc elsewhere then they can look that up. apparently only for healthcare professionals.

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/overview.aspx

 

'Healthcare staff will ask for your permission every time they need to look at your Summary Care Record. If they cannot ask you (for example if you are unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate), healthcare staff may look at your record without asking you, because they consider that this is in your best interest. If they have to do this, this decision will be recorded and checked to ensure that the access was appropriate...'

http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/scr/patients/what

[Madamfluff]

i think this is the SC Record i referred to where if you go to a hospital etc elsewhere then they can look that up. apparently only for healthcare professionals.

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/overview.aspx

 

'Healthcare staff will ask for your permission every time they need to look at your Summary Care Record. If they cannot ask you (for example if you are unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate), healthcare staff may look at your record without asking you, because they consider that this is in your best interest. If they have to do this, this decision will be recorded and checked to ensure that the access was appropriate...'

http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/scr/patients/what

 

 

And just what record would they be looking up if I was bought in unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate and I had no ID with me and they don't know if I am Madamfluff or sweet Fanny Adams

Or they know I am Madamfluff but have no DOB or address, the SCR will be national and they may have a couple of hundred Madamfluffs records, now I may be the only Madamfluff registered on the IOW but we are a holiday island in peak tourist season so I may be the Madamfluff from Liverpool or Bolton.

When SCRs were first being discussed no-one could answer that question.

 

 

Also If I was bought in unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate and I was wearing a medi alert bracelet that's says I am allergic to Pennicillan but there is no mention of it on my SCR would they give it to me after all these records are supposed to be up to date and accurate again when I asked the question of someone who was trying to convince me an SCR would be to my benefit they didn't answer

[Sali]

I do not have a problem with the SC record per se. However, there are four issues:

 

 

- will it be referred to?: I have seen medics not reading patient notes, even on pre-planned appointments

 

 

- will it be accurate?: It is very difficult to get data changed even when it is found to be wrong, but who has sat and read through their health records lately?

 

 

- how secure is it?: The NHS has a poor record on data security and these records really are a fraudster's dream come true

 

 

- will it be sold/passed on?: I want to be sure my data is not given to any third-party outside of the NHS without my explicit consent. Right now, I'm not confident that this is the case.