Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve free of charge information sharing between GPs and (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) health trusts on which of their patients have ME.

The commissioning of services for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups. General practitioner (GP) Practices are required to keep adequate records of the attendance and treatment of all their patients.

Summary Care Records enable healthcare professionals working in different care settings to access an electronic summary of key information from a patient’s GP record. Currently, Summary Care Records are widely used across National Health Service urgent and emergency care. However, the Summary Care Record may also be used in planned care to provide up to date clinical information.