Patient medical records are increasingly shared between trusted healthcare teams such as GP surgeries and District Nursing services so clinicians can access the most up-to-date information when providing your care.

Your information will only ever be shared if you have given your consent.
This includes:

• agreeing that a healthcare provider (e.g. your GP surgery) can share your information, and

• choosing which other healthcare services are allowed to access it

For example, your GP may need to share information with District Nurses involved in your care, but the Podiatry (foot care) service may not need access for the treatment they provide. In this case, you could agree to:

✅ share your data with District Nurses
❌ not share your data with Podiatry

This means you remain in control of who sees your information, and access is only granted on a need-to-know basis to support your care.