es. The Data Protection Act 2018 allows the public to find out what information is held about them, on computer and in certain manual records. This is known as ‘right of subject access’ and applies to health and social care records.
If you want to find out what information a care organisation has about you, you can contact that organisation directly and request this from them. To do this, go to the website of the organisation in question (your hospital, GP, care organisation etc) and look for ‘access to my record’. Information on each individual organisation’s process will be published on the site.
Remember – joined up care records are health and care information from other organisations, displayed in one place, so that each organisation can work together to care for patients. For more information about making a Subject Access Request visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
