The Bolton Care Record is a way of bringing together the relevant parts of your health and social care records, currently held by different care organisations who are responsible for looking after you. These records are currently held separately and aren’t available across different health and care settings when they are needed.
By sharing your information across services your GP practice or hospital team will be able to see the most up-to-date health information about you and be able to make better and quicker decisions about your care and treatment. This will be especially helpful when care is being provided by a range of professionals, is unplanned or in an emergency.
For example, this means that if you go into hospital in an emergency, the doctor treating you will know what medication your GP has prescribed for you. It also means that when you visit your GP, they will be able to see what care you have received in hospital. It will allow all healthcare professionals directly involved in your care to work with you to make safe and fully-informed decisions about your care.
As well as providing you with better, safer and quicker treatment, it also means you do not have to give the same information to lots of different people, which can sometimes happen at the moment.