How your consultation notes can be shared with your NHS GP, and how to get hold of your own NHS record.
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Private care works best when it doesn't happen in isolation. With your consent, we can send a summary of your consultation to your NHS GP so your record stays complete — which matters particularly if you've been prescribed something or referred on.
Sharing is always your choice. Nothing is sent without your explicit consent, and declining does not affect your care.
You are asked at the end of your consultation whether you would like a summary sent. If you say yes, it goes to your registered practice and is added to your record.
If you say no, nothing is sent, and it makes no difference to your care.
Two routes, both free:
Email hello@cheshireclinics.com. Free, and provided within one month.
Summary Care Record access has been granted to us by NHS England. What that changes is narrower than it sounds, and the precision matters.
A Summary Care Record is not your NHS record. It is a summary. In its standard form it contains three things:
That is all, unless you have separately asked your own GP practice to add Additional Information — significant past diagnoses, immunisations, care plans. That is your choice to make with your practice, not something we can switch on.
What it does not contain: your consultation history, your test results, letters from hospital, referrals, or anything your GP has written about you. For those, the NHS App remains the route.
Access is not a standing permission. The clinician has to ask you for permission to view your record at each consultation, and record that you gave it. You can say no, and the consultation proceeds on what you tell us.
Every access is logged and audited against a named clinician. Looking at a record without a reason to is a disciplinary and regulatory matter, and the audit trail is the reason that is enforceable rather than merely promised.
The commonest avoidable error in remote prescribing is an interaction with something the patient forgot to mention. Medication lists recalled from memory are frequently incomplete, and the things most often left out — an inhaler, an eye drop, something started by a hospital — are not always the harmless ones.
Seeing the actual repeat list and the actual allergy record removes most of that risk. It does not replace the conversation; it checks it.
"Would you like a summary sent to your NHS GP?" Yes or no. No justification needed either way, and declining changes nothing about your care — not the consultation, not the prescription, not the referral.
It is a clinical summary, not a transcript. Things said in passing do not appear.
With your consent, we can check your Summary Care Record at the start of the consultation — your repeat medication, your allergies, and any previous adverse drug reactions. You are asked each time, and you can decline without it affecting your care.
It stops there. Your consultation history, test results, hospital letters and referrals are not in a Summary Care Record. So it still helps to bring:
Worth doing before an appointment. Both routes are free:
Care works better when it is joined up. Your NHS GP knowing what you were prescribed, what was found, and what was referred means fewer duplicated tests, fewer drug interactions missed, and a record that actually reflects your health.
This matters most after a new prescription, a referral, or a significant finding.
Some people prefer sexual health, mental health or other sensitive consultations kept separate. That is entirely your decision, it does not need justifying, and it does not affect the care you receive.
With your consent, we can view your Summary Care Record — current repeat medication, allergies, and previous adverse reactions to medicines. You are asked each time, and you can say no.
We cannot see the rest of your NHS record. Your consultation history, test results, hospital letters and referrals are not in it. For those the NHS App is the route, and bringing recent results to the appointment still makes a real difference to what it can achieve.
The summary goes to your registered practice and is added to your record. Practices file these at their own pace, so it may be a week or two before it appears — that is normal and not something to chase unless a decision depends on it.
Email hello@cheshireclinics.com and we will send it. There is no deadline and no charge.
Worth reconsidering if you were prescribed something new. Interaction checking, monitoring and repeat supply all happen against your NHS record, and a medicine that record does not know about is a medicine nobody is cross-checking. That is most consequential with anticoagulants, epilepsy medicines, lithium, methotrexate, and anything altering blood pressure or blood sugar.
Email hello@cheshireclinics.com. Free, and provided within one month — that is your right under UK GDPR, not a favour.
You can also ask us to correct anything factually wrong in it.
Occasionally an NHS GP will want to discuss a private prescription or referral before continuing it. They are entitled to, and it is a reasonable thing for them to do. Ask them to contact us — we would far rather have that conversation than have you caught between two clinicians.
Sexual health, mental health, and anything else you would rather keep private is simply not shared if you decline. Nothing is sent by default, and nothing goes without your explicit consent.
With your permission, we can view your Summary Care Record — your current repeat medication, your allergies, and any previous adverse reactions to medicines. That is the whole of it: not your consultation history, not your test results, not hospital letters. You are asked at each consultation and can decline. For anything beyond that summary, the NHS App or your GP practice remains the route.
Part of it, and only with your permission each time. We have Summary Care Record access, which shows your current repeat medication, your allergies, and any previous adverse reactions to medicines. You are asked at every consultation, you can say no, and every access is logged against a named clinician.
It is not your full record. Your consultation history, test results, hospital letters and referrals are not in it — which is why bringing recent results, and anything started by a hospital, still genuinely changes what an appointment can achieve.
No. Nothing is sent without your explicit consent, and you are asked at the end of the consultation rather than assumed to have agreed.
Usually yes, and particularly after a new prescription, a referral, or a significant finding.
Joined-up care means fewer duplicated tests, fewer missed interactions, and a record that reflects your actual health rather than a version with gaps in it.
Sexual health, mental health, or anything you would simply rather keep private. That is your decision, it needs no justification, and it does not affect your care.
The one thing worth weighing: if you have been prescribed something, an NHS GP who does not know about it cannot check it against everything else you take.
Two free routes: the NHS App, which is usually fastest and covers results, medication and much of the record; or asking your GP practice, which must respond within one month under UK GDPR and cannot charge for a first copy.
Email hello@cheshireclinics.com. Free, within one month. You can also ask us to correct anything factually inaccurate.
Yes, and that is a legitimate clinical decision rather than obstruction. An NHS GP taking over a prescription becomes responsible for it, including the monitoring, so they are entitled to assess it themselves first.
It happens most with medicines needing regular blood tests, and with anything outside what that practice would normally initiate. Ask them to contact us — a conversation between clinicians resolves it far more often than a patient relaying messages.
No. You can use this service whether or not you are registered anywhere.
That said, we would encourage anyone not registered to register. Private remote care is a complement to having an NHS GP, not a replacement for one — and registration is free, does not require proof of address or immigration status, and gives you access to everything we cannot provide.
Yes — a letter setting out findings, reasoning and a suggested next step can be issued with your consent. It is a request rather than an instruction; the NHS GP makes their own decision.
In line with UK retention requirements for medical records, held securely, and never sold or shared for marketing. You can request a copy, or ask for a correction, at any time.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 2026
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Time to be seen
Appointment length
Your NHS record in the room
Written treatment plan
Told when a test isn’t needed
Cost
Same day, usually
20 minutes
Yes, with your consent
Included
Yes, and told why
£40 for 20 minutes
Varies by practice
Typically 10 minutes
Yes, your full record
Not routinely
Usually
Free
Same day
Often 10 to 15 minutes
Usually not
Sometimes charged
Varies by provider
Often a subscription
Same-day access is usually available, from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. You choose a time that suits you rather than waiting on hold at 8am.
Yes. Care is led personally by Dr Mohammad Khan, so you are not passed between clinicians. Continuity is the point of a small practice: someone who knows your history and is listening attentively rather than working through a checklist.
Yes, with your consent. We can access your Summary Care Record during the consultation, so your current medications, allergies and significant history are in the room. That means fewer questions you have already answered elsewhere, and safer prescribing.
No. We are not here to replace GPs, only to support them. Your NHS practice remains responsible for your ongoing care, and with your consent we write to them after the consultation. We are useful when you need to be seen sooner, or want more time than a standard appointment allows.
Twenty unhurried minutes and a comprehensive assessment. A written treatment plan is included, along with any prescription, sick note or referral letter arising from the consultation, at no extra charge.
£40 for 20 minutes, self-pay. Membership is optional and never required. Priced for fairness, because we are not here to charge extortionate amounts for access to a doctor.
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If your problem turns out to be genuinely outside what we can do remotely, the doctor will tell you straight away, point you to the right service, and refund your fee in full. We would rather do that than fill twenty minutes to justify the charge.
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