UKCore Hackathon Supporting Guide

This guidance is under active development by NHS England and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.

Patient Summary Records

The Patient Summary is an electronic health record extract containing essential healthcare information about a subject of care.

It is also used to communicate care summary information alongside transfers of care, these are often referred to as discharge or outpatient letters and also known as cinical correspondence.

Patient summaries are especially useful in emergency settings when a patient is transferred between care providers and use of Patient Care Records is not appropiate.

Frameworks and Implementation Guides

Guidance

Example Implementations

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