Ambulance and Out Of Hours Services
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For over 96 percent of England's population the Summary Care Record (SCR) shows medications, allergies and sensitivities as currently recorded in a patient's General Practice medical record.
Increasingly Hampshire End of Life patients, those with chronic conditions or frailty, will also have additional information in their SCR records. Past medical history, prognosis, patient preferences, treatment escalation plans and useful information around access risks, emergency contacts and involved services may all be present. |
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Discussions with the South East Hampshire paramedic team leaders raised some ideas for altered ways of working that could significantly reduce the amount of documentation required on calls, through use of these enhanced Summary Care Records.
Frequently Asked Questions -
Summary Care Record for SCAS
SCAS End of Life Care FAQs - V9.0 2018 |
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Summary Care Record FAQs for SCAS |
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My Wishes leaflet - as first suggested by South East Hampshire paramedics
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The My Wishes leaflet was produced to work alongside the AgeUK leaflet and video, shown below. Paramedics will often visit patients with conditions that lend themselves to Treatment Escalation Planning or Advance Decisions. This information is often NOT recorded in their Summary Care Record. In some cases this is because conversations have not taken place. In others, the outcome of discussions may be recorded in a community or hospital record or on a paper care plan "safely hidden away" somewhere. The My Wishes leaflet will be made available to paramedics for handing out to patients and their families. It aims to support discussion and recording of patient wishes and preferences for care and, once completed, should be handed in or posted to their GPs reception; the information can then be added to their Future Planning template. This template is installed in every GP practice IT clinical system in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. And all of this information then automatically uploads from there to the patients Summary Care Record.