Health records contain information about your condition and any episodes of care and treatment you receive. Each time you have contact with services, having up to date information in your health record enables the clinician who sees you to make informed decisions about your care.
Your health record also provides evidence of the care you received that can be referred to if you have any questions about it afterwards.
You have a right to request access to your health record.
**Please note**
(Update as of Friday 24 February, 2023)
Due to an unprecedented situation we are currently working through a very significant backlog of requests.
This means if you submit a request it is unlikely you will receive a response in the permitted timeframe.
We apologise in advance for this likely delay and recognise that this isn’t good enough. We know this is a potentially distressing situation and are working extremely hard to put this right and respond to requests as quickly as possible. If you are not satisfied with this please see details below about the complaints and appeals process.
We will continue to update this section with our progress in removing the backlog.