Patient Online Access
Statement of Intent – Patients & Information
The Crescent Surgery
Statement of Intent – Patients & Information
There are new contractual requirements from 1 April 2014 for all NHS General Practices to offer and promote:
- Patient online access to appointments
- Patient online access to prescriptions
- Patient online access to certain parts of their medical record in particular; allergies, vaccinations and medications
The practice must also:
- Transfer relevant information to a patient’s Summary Care Record (SCR)
- Transfer a patient’s record electronically between practices when patients register or deregister (GP2GP)
The practice currently offers the following to patients:
- Online appointments
- Online access to repeat prescriptions
- To gain access to these services please ask one of our reception team for more details.
The practice also:
- Transfers relevant information to a patient’s Summary Care Record (SCR)
- Transfers patient’s records electronically between practices when patients register or deregister (GP2GP)
This practice plans to offer the facility for patients to view online, export or print detailed coded information held in their own records from 31st March 2016.
These dates are subject to the necessary NHS GP systems and software being available to the practice.
We will publicise and promote our online services to our practice’s patients through the practice website, practice waiting room leaflets, posters and the Patient Participation Group.
If you would like to provide any feedback to the practice, regarding any of the above items or would like any further information, please speak to a member of our reception team.