Prospective Access
From 1st November 2023 the majority of patients aged 16 and over who have an online account such as the NHS App, SystmOnline, Airmid or another online primary care service, will be able to see all notes and health records when accessing these online accounts. Some of our more vulnerable patients will require a separate conversation with the practice before a decision is made to release access to the full medical record.
This means that you will be able to see consultation notes from your appointments, as well as test results and any letters that are saved on your records from 1st November onwards. This only applies to records from the GP surgery and not from hospitals or other specialists and you will only be able to see information from the GP surgery where you are registered at the time. If you move GP surgery, you will only see information from your new surgery and not from the surgery that you have moved from. For most people, access will be automatic, and you won’t need to do anything, however, some of our more vulnerable patients may need a chat with a clinician before a decision is made to make full records access available.
Your GP, nurse practitioner or other healthcare professional may talk to you to discuss test results before you are able to see some of your information on the app. Your clinician may also talk to you before your full records access is given to make sure that having access is of benefit to you. There might be some sensitive information on your record, so you should talk to your doctor if you have any concerns.
These changes only apply to people with online accounts. The changes also only apply to personal information about you and will not affect patients with proxy access.
The NHS App and other online services are all very secure, so no-one is able to access your information except you. If you do not currently have access to an online account, please download the NHS app and follow the set-up instructions.
If you do not want to see your health record, please let us know by emailing Castlemedicalgroup.noreply@nhs.net
Text messages have been sent out to patients with current online access which includes an attachment that requires you to enter your date of birth in order to view it.
We are aware that you may come across abbreviations whilst looking through your consultations. Please follow this link provided by the NHS for help with these: Abbreviations you may find in your health records - NHS App help and support
An important note about password security
You must make sure that you protect your online access login details.
Please do not share your password with anyone else, as from 31st OCTOBER anyone you have shared your login information with will have access to all of YOUR personal information. If you believe that someone else has access to your login information/password, please change your password as soon as possible.
If you access your online account via a shared mobile phone or other electronic device, please do not ask the device to save your log in information and password and remember to log out of your online account each time you have finished looking at your information.
We are currently receiving requests for full records access from parents / carers who have proxy access to other patients' records. Please note these requests will be declined. Full records access will not be enabled for patients with proxy access.