Introduction

The Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic record of important Patient information, created from GP medical records. It can be seen and used by authorised staff in other areas of the health and care system involved in the Patient's direct care.

From an interoperability perspective there are two aspects to the Summary Care Record:

1. The creation and updating of the Summary Care Record
2. Providing the ability for authorised staff to access the Summary Care Record

Both of these aspects are covered in the documentation below.

Additional information is available on the Authority's Summary Care Records (SCR) site.

Requirements 

All suppliers are encouraged to work towards compliance with the latest version as above.

Compliance, Assurance and Testing

SCR FHIR API

For Suppliers of new services or applications, see the Summary Care Record (SCR) section on Onboarding Overview of the Digital Care Services Interoperability Standards and Requirements.

NHS Summary Care Record Service - GP Summary Requirements v5.8.3

For Suppliers of services which ARE currently deployed into an operational environment:

SCR FHIR API

For Suppliers of new services or applications:

• API Catalogue - Summary Care Record (SCR) FHIR API
• GP software developer guide
• Testing APIs

• SCR permission to view guidelines

• Registration Authority

It is recommended to read GP software developer guide in conjunction with the API documentation.

NHS Summary Care Record Service - GP Summary Requirements v5.8.3

For Suppliers of services which ARE currently deployed into an operational environment.