We ask the Scottish Government to reflect on why the sharing of medical records through the Emergency Care Summary suddenly became possible when COVID-19 struck and to make arrangements to extend access to health records to all health professionals who require them to ensure health care provision is as clinically and cost effective as possible. We request a date when this will be achieved.
We ask the Scottish Government in its response to this report to include—
full detail, including timescales, of the "programme of work"iiLetter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on the Review of Access to New Medicines, 13 January 2020 to improve data collection on medicines use and outcomes in Scotland.