Clinical involvement is a key element of Summary Care Record (SCR), from creating and updating the GP Summary contribution in General Practice to viewing the records in primary and secondary care to support clinical care.

It is recommended that each PCT has an SCR clinical lead to support and engage with the wider clinical community and ensure that the implementation supports patients and clinicians.

It is essential that all clinicians are involved in the implementation of the SCR to:

• Support patients in their choices
• Ensure that the clinical benefits are realised for patients and NHS staff
• Provide local knowledge and understand local needs, priorities, culture and processes
• Use their knowledge and experience to identify how and where the SCR can support NHS care

Sections you will need

In order to help healthcare staff navigate the SCR website efficiently we have identified the most important pages for healthcare staff and these are listed below:

• SCR Overview  – general overview of SCR including what the SCR is and how it has developed.
• SCR current position – information on the current national rollout of the SCR, including links to the communiqués and FAQs.
• Informing Patients and NHS staff – information about how we communicate with patients as part of the Public Information Programme as well as key leaflets and case studies.
• Support for GP practices – information and guidance including the GP practice guide, GP practice checklist and how to manage consent.
• Creating and maintaining records – information on how SCRs are created and updated including technical requirements for GP Practices.
• Viewing records – information about what is required to be able to view SCRs.
• SCR Benefits – information on the benefits that are being realised.
• SCR Consent Model and Information Governance – information on how the information in SCR is kept secure including the consent model, legitimate relationships, audits and alerts.
• SCR Clinical Engagement, Training and Clinical Contacts – information about how clinicians can get involved in SCR.
• SCR Governance and Advisory Groups – information on how SCR is managed and governed. 
• SCR Protocols and Processes – Business Change information to support the NHS in the implementation of SCR.