What is your Great North Care Record?
Great North Care Record – connecting health and care records across the region.
A local initiative to share health and care information in the North East. The information shared is similar to that in the Summary Care Record with Additional Information. Unlike the Summary Care Record, no information is transferred out of the GP clinical system or stored elsewhere. In the future, the practice will also be able to view information in other health and care organisations’ systems – as your care co-ordinators it is assumed that you have given us permission to view that information for the purposes of providing you care.
Health and Care Professionals at other organisations will normally ask your permission to access the shared record; however, by accessing the service whether by self referral or by asking us to refer, it is assumed that you are agreeing to them accessing the shared record for the purposes of caring for you. More information about the GNCR and which organisations are involved can be found at : Great North Care Record
Depending on their role, Health and Care Professionals can currently view:
- Demographic information
- Diagnoses and any other coded information
- Investigation Results
- Medication and allergies
They are unable to read consultation notes or any information that we have ‘locked’. You can ask for any information you consider to be sensitive to be locked.
You have the right to opt-out of allowing the GNCR to view your record summary by informing the practice in writing, though this can place your health at risk if that information is not available in an emergency.
Holmside Medical Group is a part of the Great North Care Record. This means we make information we record about you available electronically on the Great North Care Record. Health and care staff from other organisations in the North East and North Cumbria who are involved in your care can then access this information.
It helps us make your care better and safer. If you want to find out more about the Great North Care Record, or have any concerns; visit the website:
http://www.greatnorthcarerecord.org.uk/, email gncarerecord@nhs.net or call the helpline on 0344 811 9587 (open Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm).
See our privacy notice here
See patient hand out here
The Great North Care Record operates in the North East of England and North Cumbria and covers the 3.6 million people living in our region.
It will now begin to connect GPs, local hospitals, social care, community and mental health teams to provide a ‘view only’ display of a patient’s medical record from across the system. Previously only GP records were shared with health and care staff.
The Great North Care Record can be accessed by health and care staff, giving them important information recorded on patients from other parts of the NHS system, helping them to provide safer care.
The first organisations to make patient data available on the Great North Care Record are:
- Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- GPs across the region
It helps us make your care better and safer. If you want to find out more about the Great North Care Record, or have any concerns; visit the website:
www.greatnorthcarerecord.org.uk, email gncarerecord@nhs.net or call the helpline on 0344 811 9587 (open Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm). if you have a query about how your records are shared.
