GP Connect Access Record: Structured
What is GP Connect Access Record: Structured?
GP Connect Access Record: Structured allows registered community pharmacy professionals to securely view areas of the patient’s GP record within their own assured IT system. Information is provided in a structured, standardised format that is user-friendly and easy to interpret. Optum PharmOutcomes are rolling out the Access Record: Structured capability to all their pharmacies from Wednesday 27th August 2025.
What information is community pharmacy able to view using GP Connect Access Record: Structured?
- Medications
- Investigations
- Uncategorised items (weight, height, body mass index, pulse rate, smoking status, alcohol intake and blood pressure readings)
Benefits of GP Connect Access Record: Structured?
- Time saving: Less time switching between community pharmacy applications, providing role-based access without the need for a Smartcard.
- User friendly system: Provided in a structured format which can be filtered. Information not limited to the past 12months.
- Improved clinical decision making: Reducing clinical risk and improving patient outcomes.
- Joined up care: Verifying patient medical history and reducing burden on patient to remember or relay information.
- Patient safety: Ensuring community pharmacy have the most accurate, up-to-date information for patient care.
📝 What You Need to Do:
- Continue to use National Care Records Service (NCRS) /Summary Care Record (SCR) for allergy information.
- If a general practice has Access Record: Structured turned off, the community pharmacy will see an error message.
- If a patient has requested their patient GP record is not shared, the community pharmacy will see an error message.
- In these instances, community pharmacy professionals should access clinical information via alternative resources, for example NCRS/SCR and Shared care records if available, ask the patient or call the general practice.
