Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the staff of an NHS hospital to which an A&E patient has been admitted have access to that patient's records kept at their usual NHS hospital.

The Connecting Care Records programme ensures that authorised health and care professionals in England have safe and secure access to the person-related information that they need to provide care when they need it, where they need it, and how they need it. Every integrated care board has a Connecting Care Record, but the information that can be seen in an accident and emergency department will depend on the local approach.

The Government is developing a single patient record which will enable all providers delivering care to access the information they need and which will also end the need for patients to have to repeat their medical history when interacting with the National Health Service.