{"id":511,"date":"2026-06-11T13:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:30:28","slug":"accessing-your-health-record","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/accessing-your-health-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing your health record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your health record includes information like any conditions or allergies you have and any medicine you\u2019re taking.<\/p>\n<p>Most patients will automatically have access to more information added to their health record. This includes letters, test results and appointment notes.<\/p>\n<p>You can access your health record and nominate someone you trust to access it too.<\/p>\n<p>You can use your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-app\/account\/\">NHS account<\/a> (through the NHS website or NHS App) or to access your health record.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to ask the surgery for online access to your full health record, or you\u2019ll only see your medicines and allergies.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request access to your full health record online<\/h2>\n<p>First, you need to register for online services and prove who you are. To request access:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>upload or visit the surgery with photo ID so we can confirm your identity<\/li>\n<li>if you are setting up access for the first time, we will give you a username and password<\/li>\n<li>go to or the app for access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access to other medical records<\/h2>\n<p>For any other medical records, you need to ask for them at the NHS service you went to. This includes records like your hospital record.<\/p>\n<a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/register-for-online-services\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Register for Online Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Accessing someone else\u2019s information<\/h2>\n<p>As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.<\/p>\n<p>To request proxy access:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>collect a proxy access form from reception from 10am to 6pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linked profiles in your NHS account<\/h2>\n<p>Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person\u2019s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS website has information about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-app\/nhs-app-help-and-support\/linked-profiles-in-the-nhs-app\/\">using linked profiles to access services for someone else<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your health record includes information like any conditions or allergies you have and any medicine you\u2019re taking. Most patients will automatically have access to more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/p84665\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}