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Key statistics for Summary Care Records

The table and graph on this page details the status of the Summary Care Record rollout in England.

The current status as at 03/02/2012 is:

SCRs created

Total of Summary Care Records that have been created:

  • 11,371,017

Patients contacted

Shows the number of patients who have received a letter explaining the SCR through a Public Information Programme:

  • 35,930,226

Opt out

Percentage of patients that have been informed about SCR through a Public Information Programme and have decided not to have an SCR created (opt out figure reported only for those practices that have submitted data on opt out figures):

  • 1.25%

GP Practices live

Number of GP Practice that have loaded records to the Summary Care Record:

  • 1,669

SCR progress over time

The graph below shows SCR progress over time against the three following criteria:

  • Total PIP: shows the number of patients who have received a letter explaining the SCR through a Public Information Programme - blue line
  • SCR creation: shows the number of records that have been created nationally - green line
  • Opt outs: displaying the percentage of patients who have decided not to have a Summary Care Record - red line
Graph: SCR progress over time

PCT PIP & Records Report

The link to the report below provides an overview of the records created and the progress of the Public Information Programme in each PCT.
PCT PIP & Records Report (PDF, 61 Kb) 03/02/2012