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Summary Care Record PresentationGood Health Group

Wednesday 10 May 2017

Presented by

Xan Brooker

Commissioning Officer for people with Learning Disabilities, Health

and Social Care

Everyone has an SCR that says:

What medicine you take

If your medicine means you need to be careful about other things

If you are allergic to anything

Who has a Summary Care Record (SCR)?

We think SCRs should say morethings, like:

If you have a Learning Disability

Contact details for next of kin or an advocate

What communication needs you might have

Who has a Summary Care Record?

At your Annual Health Check your GP should ask if you would like a Summary Care Record with extra information

This is new question and has been added to the Annual Health Check Template that GPs use on their computers

Link to the Annual Health Check

SCR is for people in Hospitals, Community Care, and Ambulances to use so they know important things about you

Being able to see more means people can care for you better

The GP Practice needs to keep the SCR up to date when they get letters from hospitals or community care

You can’t access the SCR online.

If you want to see it, ask your GP to show you what it looks likes at your next annual health check or GP appointment

You can ask for a print out of your SCR to keep

It can be used everywhere in England

It can be used if you have to go to hospital

It can be used if you get medication from the Pharmacy

It can only be seen by Health professionals who are involved in your care

When can it be used?

Workshop:Can you help us?

It would be really helpful to know what you think. Some questions you might want to answer are:

Do you think the SCR is a good idea?

Would you be happy for people like nurses who are caring for you to see your information?

How might it help you?

What problems do you think there are?

Do you have any questions for me?

Can you help us?

Lawrence has difficulty hearing and his speech can be hard for people to understand. He can get anxious with people that he doesn’t know.

Lawrence has an annual health check at his GP practice.

He is with his sister who is his next of kin

Lawrence’s story

His love of football and his fear of needles is recorded by his GP

Lawrence and his sister talk to the GP and they decide to add these to his Summary Care Record (SCR)

Lawrence’s story

Six months later Lawrence goes to A&E with a carer

He has been refusing to eat for the last few days and clutching at his chest

The Hospital access Lawrence’s SCR

Lawrence’s story

Lawrence’s SCR:

• Shows that he has a Learning Disability

• It shows contact details for his sister

• It shows that he likes football

• It shows medication that his GP has given him, and that he has had stomach pain

Lawrence needs a Blood Test

At first Lawrence is anxious

The hospital staff talk to him about football which makes him feel much less anxious

How did it help Lawrence?

Lawrence agrees to have the tests with some pain relief cream. He is found to be anaemic (not enough iron in his body)

An endoscopy (a type of test) is arranged. His sister helps him so he is less anxious

He is found to have a stomach ulcer but he is started on treatment and sent home

How did it help Lawrence?

The SCR told the hospital staff that Lawrence had a learning disability so they knew to make reasonable adjustments

The SCR helped the staff know what would help Lawrence feel calm (football)

The SCR meant that the staff knew what tests to do

How did it help the hospital staff?

The SCR meant that Lawrence could be more involved in his care because the hospital knew to call his sister to support him

The SCR saved time because the staff did not need to phone the GP to ask for information

How did it help the hospital staff?

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