Your health record includes information like any conditions or allergies you have and any medicine you’re taking.
Most patients will automatically have access to more information added to their health record. This includes letters, test results and appointment notes.
You can use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) or Patient Access to access your health record.
You’ll need to ask the surgery for online access to your full health record, or you’ll only see your medicines and allergies.
Request access to your full health record online using your NHS account or Patient Access
You can use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) or Patient Access to access your health records online.
Setting up an NHS account
To set up your NHS account for the first time, you will need to set up an NHS login. Read about how to set up NHS login (nhs.uk).
Once you have set up your NHS login, you can log in to your NHS account or download the NHS App onto your phone.
Setting up Patient Access
To set up Patient Access for the first time:
- fill out a register for online services form
- upload or visit the surgery with photo ID so we can confirm your identity
- if you are setting up access for the first time, we will give you a username and password
- go to Patient Access or the app for access
Access to other medical records
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.