Can a patient find out who has looked at their Summary Care Record?
A record is kept of everyone who looks at a Summary Care Record and an alert will be sent to a nominated member of staff where access occurs in an unexpected setting, for example, if a clinician who doesn’t usually treat a patient accesses their information. If it is found that the access was unreasonable, the patient is informed. Patients can request information about who has accessed their record. They can apply to the ‘Caldicott Guardian’ for their Primary Care Trust who will let them know who has looked at their record. The Caldicott Guardian will investigate every incident of inappropriate access to a patient’s record and will let them know in the eventuality that there has been inappropriate access.
