Summary Care Record
A Summary Care Record (SCR) was an electronic patient record, a summary of National Health Service patient data held on a central database covering England, part of the NHS National Programme for IT. The purpose of the database was to make patient data readily available anywhere that the patient seeks treatment, for example if they were staying away from their home town or if they were unable to give information for themselves. Despite opposition from some quarters, by September 2010, 424 GP practices across at least 36 primary care trusts had uploaded 2.7 million Summary Care Records.