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Soar Valley PCN newsletter

Welcome to the first Soar Valley PCN Newsletter, which includes information about who we are and our latest news.

Please see attached the first issue of the new quarterly Soar Valley PCN newsletter.

Published on 30th Oct 2024

Download the NHS App

The best way to access our services is to download the NHSApp from the Apple App Store, Google Play or Microsoft App Store.

To use the NHS App you must be aged 13 or over and registered with a GP surgery in England. Find out more about who can use the NHS App.

Use the NHS App to:

get your NHS COVID Pass – view and download your COVID Pass for places in England and Wales using this service, or for travel abroad
get advice about coronavirus – get information about coronavirus and find out what to do if you think you have it
order repeat prescriptions - see your available medicines, request a new repeat prescription and choose a pharmacy for your prescriptions to be sent to
book appointments - search for, book and cancel appointments at your GP surgery, and see details of your upcoming and past appointments
get health advice - search trusted NHS information and advice on hundreds of conditions and treatments. You can also answer questions to get instant advice or medical help near you
view your health record - securely access your GP health record, to see information like your allergies and your current and past medicines. If your GP has given you access to your detailed medical record, you can also see information like test results and details of your consultations
register your organ donation decision - choose to donate some or all of your organs and check your registered decision
find out how the NHS uses your data - choose if data from your health records is shared for research and planning

Published on 21st Dec 2023

Accelerated Access to Online Records

Currently, patients who sign up to the NHSApp are given access to manage prescriptions and GP appointments. From 1st November 2023, NHS England is extending this to offer automatic prospective access.

Prospective access means being able to see hospital letters, notes from consultations with the GPs and results entered into the GP record after 1st November 2023. Access to GP record entries prior to 1st November 2023 will still need to be requested from the practice for patients who would find this helpful.

There are a small number of people who won't be able to have automatic access to future record entries. This may be because the NHSApp could not adequately verify their identity. It could also be because there is potentially sensitive code or diagnosis on the medical record (what is sensitive to one person may not be to another, but a computer who doesn't know the patient can't tell the difference). In most cases access will still be given to the record but it will need to be granted by the practice through the current route rather than automatically.