How to add extra information to your Summary Care Record

It might be a good idea to add extra information to your Summary Care Record so that medical people who do not know you can give you the same help and make the same reasonable adjustments you have when you go to your doctor's surgery.

You can ask your doctor to show you the information in your Summary Care Record.

You can talk with your doctor about what extra information it might be good to add to your Summary Care Record.

You have to say it is ok for your doctor to add extra information to your Summary Care Record.

Other people like a carer or a family member might think it is a good idea to have extra information in your summary care record.

Other medical people might think it is a good idea to have extra information in your summary care record.

If you can not decide by yourself what information should be in your Summary Care Record, people should try to help you to decide.  For example, they might give you information in easy read or talk about it in a different way.

If you still can not decide, people can use the Mental Capacity Act to find the best person or people to decide for you.

To find out more about the Mental Capacity Act, go to our Mental Capacity Act webpage.  The page is not in easy read.