Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34080

General Practitioners: Medical Records

Tabled: 26 February 2025

Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Ian Roome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to GP practices in England on giving patients access to copies of their records.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Practices are contractually obliged to provide full prospective record access to all patients, for those aged 16 years old and above, unless exceptions apply or if the patient has informed the practice that they do not, or no longer, wish to have access.S...

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