Skip to main content

Language: English / GĂ idhlig

Loading…

Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-01802

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: 22 July 2021
  • Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its strategy is for the digitisation of people's medical records.


Answer

Our strategy is for all health records to be held electronically. The majority of people’s medical records are already digitised, following significant investment in GP IT systems in primary care and full implementation of the TrakCare patient management system in secondary care. We recognise, however, that paper-based records still exist within the service, particularly within individual clinical specialties, and that there remain a number of older records that have not been fully scanned or digitised. Health Boards continue to work through these challenges. Our forthcoming refreshed Digital Health & Care Strategy will set out further ambitions for greater patient access to their medical information.