Access your medical records

Medical records hold information about you. They are also sometimes called health records.

You'll have separate records for any NHS service you go to including your GP surgery, hospital, dentist or opticians.

How to get your record depends on which record it is.

Your GP record includes information like any conditions or allergies you have and any medicine you're taking.

Most patients will automatically be given access to more information added to their GP record from November 2022 onwards. This includes letters, test results and appointment notes.

Some people may also have access to information added to their GP record before this date.

You can access your GP record and nominate someone you trust to access it too.

There are 2 main ways to get your GP record.  Either come in to the surgery to collect an Access To Information form or call the surgery to ask if we can email this out to you.  Once we've received your request and proccessed it, staff will be in touch to let you know when your GP record is ready to collect. 

You will need to bring photographic ID with you when you collect your record.